MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



TABLE XXXI. 



DRY MATTER AND DIGESTIBLE MATTER EATEN BT THE FOUR STEERS DURING THE 

 ENTIRE EXPERIMENT, WITH RELATION OF FOOD TO GROWTH. 



Dry Matter 

 Eaten. 



Ch» 



ss~a 



1-5 



Digestible Matter 





Eaten. 



03 

 > 



1 . 



1 



00 



30 





®g 



O c3~ 





a s 



"C 6 



C P 



--C 3 



J> 5 



3 3 





■~ o 



ci !>.0 



d O 



O O 



3 d 



- » 



o,a a 



'- P. 



H a 



« 2 



51.4 



431.3 



15.2 



497.9 





113.0 



1476.9 



56.7 



1646.6 





454.3 



961.2 



87.8 



1503.3 





618.7 



2869.4 



159.7 



3647.8 



1.20 



5.58 



.32 



7.10 



1:5.2 



55.1 



465.6 



16.4 







116.0 



1522.7 



57.9 







199.2 



1275.5 



79.2 







370.3 



3263.8 



153.5 



3787.6 



.71 



6.26 



.30 



7.27 



1:9.7 



59.7 



487.9 



17.4 



565.0 





257.5 



3366.9 



129.2 



3753.6 





948.2 



1997.9 



174.3 



3120.4 





1265.4 



5852.7 



320.9 



7439.0 



1.50 



6.95 



.38 



8.83 



1:5.2 



56.1 



468.4 



16.5 



541.0 





225.3 



2946.4 



113.0 



3284.7 





418.3 



2713.6 



165.2 



3297.1 







699.7 



6128.4 



294.7 



7122.8 



.84 



7.36 



.35 



8.55 



1:9.7 



S Z? 



M 4) 60 



Protein — rich ration. 



Steer 1. 



In silage, 4,173 pounds . 

 In hay, 3,414 pounds... 

 In grains, 2,211 pounds. 



Total in 514 days — 



Eaten daily 



Protein — Poor ration. 



Steer 4. 



In silage. 4,469 pounds . 

 In hay, 3,520 pounds... 

 In grains, 2,255 pounds. 



Total in 521 days 



Eaten daily 



Protein — rich ration. 



Steer 2. 



In silage, 4,728 pounds . 



In hay, 7,783 pounds 



In'grains, 4,81S pounds. 



Total in 843 days.... 



Eaten daily 



Protein— poor ration. 



Steer 3. 



In'silage, 4,493 pounds . 

 In hay, 6,811 pounds — 

 In grains, 4,737 pounds. 



Total in 833 days 



Eaten Jclaily.. 



89.0 

 230.7 

 568.0 



590.6 

 2499.4 



1290.2 



88' 

 1.73 



96.0 

 237.6 



272.!) 



4380.2 



8.52 



635.8 

 2577.3 

 1553.5 



306.5 

 1.16 



102.2 

 526.1 

 1185.2 



4766.6 

 9.15 



675.6 

 5698.1 

 2685.3 



1813.5 

 2.15 



96.6 

 460.4 

 573.0 



9059.0 

 10.74 



639.5 

 49S6.3 

 32*4.8 



1130.0 

 1.36 



8910.6 

 10.69 



19.0 



698.6 



99.3 



2829.4 



103.3 



1961.5 



221.6 



5489.5 



.43 



10.78 



20.5 



752.3 



102.4 



2917.3 



96.6 

 219.5 



1923.0 



5592.6 



.42 



10.73 



21.7 



799.5 



226.6 



6450.8 



205.1 



4075.6 



453.4 



11325.9 



.54 



13.43 



20.6 



756.7 



19S.8 



5645-5 



201.4 



4059.2 



420.8 



10461.4 



.50 



12.55 



Lbs. 



6.S6 



7.08 



