FATTENING CATTLE IN ALABAMA. 



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The gains made by each of these groups of steers are shown by the 

 lines A-l, B-l, 0-1, respectively. The distance a line terminates 

 above or below the horizontal line O determines the relative size of 

 the daily gain or loss per steer, as the case may be, with respect to 



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the other lots. The distance the line terminates to the right of the 

 vertical represents the length of the feeding period. The general 

 direction each of these lines takes, therefore, indicates the rapidity of 

 the gains made by the steers of the respective groups. 



