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MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS 



are taken from Bulletin 65 of the Missouri Experiment Sta- 

 tion : — 



Feed and Gains in Weight, 90 days 



Ration 



Corn meal 5 parts, linseed-oil meal 1 



part 



Corn meal 10 parts, linseed-oil meal 1 



part' 



Corn meal 10 parts, linseed-oU meal 1 



part 



Corn meal 2 parts, wheat middlings 1 



part 



Corn meal 4 parts, wheat middlings 1 



part . 



Corn meal 2 parts, ground oats 1 part 

 Corn meal 4 parts, ground oats 1 part 

 Corn meal 4 parts, wheat bran 1 part 



Corn and cob meal 



Corn meal 



Soaked shelled corn 



Shelled corn, bone meal ^ . . . . 

 Shelled corn 



Initial 

 Weight 



116 



131 



118 



114 



117 

 120 

 111 

 111 

 112 

 115 

 115 

 114 

 115 



Final 

 Weight 



Daily 



Grain 



Per 



Head 



Daily 

 Gain 



Per 

 Head 



1.5 



1.5 



1.5 



1.2 



1.1 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 0.3 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.4 



' Sixty days. 



' 6.2 pounds bone meal per head in ninety days. 



