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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



TABLE XXV. 





Digestion Coefficients. 





'o 



c 







CO 



eS 

 Em 



Corn fodder and silage, field corn 



49 

 63 

 49 

 SO 

 73 



53 

 75 

 71 



50 



47 



63 



77 

 66 

 7S 

 85 



57 

 S3 

 75 





S5 

 S2 







EFFECT OF THE TWO RATIONS UPON THE INCREASE OF LIVE WEIGHT. 



The grain mixtures which the steers received were in the following 

 proportions: 



Steers 1 and 2. 

 Linseed meal, 2 parts. 

 Corn meal, 1 part. 

 Wheat bran, 1 part, 



Steers 3 and 4. 

 Corn meal, 2 parts. 

 Wheat bran, 1 part. 



The coarse foods consisted of hay, with more or less silage dur- 

 ing the first winter. 



The quantities of g-rain fed daily were alike for all steers, ex- 

 cepting slight differences during' the first few weeks. The amounts 

 of coarse foods eaten daily differed somewhat with the several ani- 

 mals being least for Steer 1, most for Steer 2 and alike for steers 3 

 and 4. 



From the preceding data have been calculated the quantities of 

 food and amounts of dry and digestible material consumed by the 

 several steers. 



This has been done not only for the entire time that the steers 

 were fed, but also for the first fifteen months in periods of three 

 months each. There is shown also the nutritive ratios of the rations 

 and the relations between food consumed and the gain in live weight. 



The tables which immediately follow are as follows: 



Table XXVI to XXIX. The foods eaten and gains of live weight 

 by periods of four to six weeks for the entire experiment. 



Table XXX. Summary of Tables 1 to 4. 



Table XXXI. Dry matter and digestible matter eaten by the 

 four steers during the entire experiment, with relation of food 

 to growth. 



Table XXXII. Summary of Table VI. 



Table XXXIII. Dry and digestible matter eaten by the four steers 

 during the first fifteen months of the experiment, considered in 

 five periods, with relation of food to growth. 



