BULLETIN 561, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 4b.- — Percentage of mash feeds consumed each 4-week ■period (third year for Pens 3 

 and 4, second year for Pen 7). 





Corn meal. 



Beef scrap. 



Bran. 



Middlings. 



Period. 



Pen 

 3. 



Pen 

 4. 



Pen 



Pen 

 3. 



Pen 

 4. 



Pen 



Pen 

 3. 



Pen 



4. 



Pen 



Pen 

 3. 



Pen 

 4. 



Pen 



1914. 



P.ct. 

 87 

 87 



89 

 92 

 S7 

 82 

 76 

 79 

 82 

 80 

 83 

 87 

 74 



P.ct. 



(88) 

 (91) 



90 

 94 

 97 

 87 

 84 

 81 

 85 

 89 

 88 

 89 

 97 

 95 

 96 



P.ct. 



(82) 

 92 



91 

 90 

 88 

 88 

 87 

 85 

 80 

 85 

 82 

 87 

 85 

 88 



P.ct. 



7 

 8 



5 

 4 

 6 

 9 



6 

 9 



5 . 

 14 



P.ct. 



(11) 

 (V) 



3 



5 

 3 

 6 

 7 

 10 

 8 

 5 

 3 

 6 

 3 

 5 

 3 



P.ct. 

 (15) 



7 



6 



4 



8 



9 



9 



10 

 13 

 12 

 13 

 11 

 11 

 12 



P.ct. 

 2 

 2 



2 

 1 



2 

 6 



7 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 i 

 4 



P.ct. 

 (1) 

 (1) 



1 

 

 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 3 

 

 

 



P.ct. 

 (2) 

 



2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 3 



P.ct. 

 4 

 3 



2 

 2 



7 

 6 

 8 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 8 



P.ct. 



(0) 

 0) 







1 





 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 

 

 1 



P.ct. 



0) 

 1 





1915. 



1 



February 



3 





2 





1 



May 



2 



May 



1 





2 



Julv 



1 



August 



3 





1 



October 



1 



November 





December 































84 



91 



86 



7 



5 



10 



4 



2 



2 



5 



2 



2 







Table 4c. — Average percentage of mash feeds consumed each year. 



Year. 



Pen. 



Corn 

 meal. 



Beef 



scrap. 



Bran. 



Mid- 

 dlings. 



1913 



3 



4 

 3 



4 

 7 

 3 

 4 



7 



Per cent. 

 63 

 63.7 

 68 

 68 

 67 

 84 

 91 

 86 



Per cent. 

 19 

 27 

 18 

 21 

 22 



5 

 10 



Per cent. 

 9 



4.9 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 2 

 2 



Per cent. 

 9 



1913 



4.4 



1914. 



8 



1914 





1914 



5 



1915 





1915 



2 



1915 



2 







All the records are based on 13 periods of 4 weeks each, into 



which each year is divided, This accounts for a repetition of May 



in these and other tables. The exact periods for the different pens 



were as follows : 



Pens 1,2, and 3: 1, November 1 to 28; 2, November 29 to December 26; 3, December 

 27 to January 23; 4, January 24 to February 20; 5, February 21 to March 20; 6. March 

 21 to April 17; 7, April 18 to May 15; 8, May 16 to June 12; 9, June 13 to July 10; 10, 

 July 11 to August 7; 11, August 8 to September 4; 12, September 5 to October 2; 13, 

 October 3 to October 31. The periods for Pens 4 and 5 begin January 18 and are as 

 follows: 1, January 18 to February 14; 2, February 15 to March 14; 3, March 15 to 

 April 11; 4, April 12 to May 9; 5, May 10 to June 6; 6, June 7 to July 4; 7, July 5 to 

 August 1; 8, August 2 to August 29; 9, August 30 to September 26; 10, September 27 

 to October 24; 11, October 25 to November 21; 12, November 22 to December 19; 13, 

 December 20 to January 17. Pen 6 began January 25 and continued as follows: 

 1, January 25 to February 21; 2, February 22 to March 21; 3, March 22 to April 18; 4, 

 April 19 to May 16; 5, May 17 to June 13; 6, June 14 to July 11; 7, July 12 to August 

 8; 8, August 9 to September 5; 9, September 6 to October 3; 10, October 4 to October 

 31; 11, November 1 to November 28; 12, November 29 to December 26; 13, December 

 27 to January 24. Pens 7, 8, and 9 were entered in the experiment December, 1913, a 

 year later than Pens 1 to 6, and their periods are as follows: 1. December 1 to December 

 28; 2, December 29 to January 25; 3, January 26 to February 22; 4, February 23 to 

 March 22; 5, March 23 to April 19; 6, April 20 to May 17; 7, May 18 to June 14; 8, June 

 15 to July 12; 9, July 13 to August 9; 10, August 10 to September 6; 11, September 7 

 to October 4; 12, October 5 to.November 1; 13, November 2 to November 30. 



