8 BULLETIN 561, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE 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 Pen 
3. 1 4. 
Pen 
1914. 
P.ct. 
87 
87 
89 
92 
87 
82 
76 
79 
82 
80 
83 
87 
74 
P.ct. 
(88) 
(91) 
96 
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 
7 
5 
4 
6 
9 
6 
9 
7 
5 
14 
P.ct. 
(11) 
(7) 
3 
5 
3 
6 
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 
6 
6 
5 
5 
4 
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 
P.ct. 
(0) 
(1) 

1 
P.ct. 
(1) 
1 
1915. 
January 
1 
February 
3 
March 
7 o 
2 
April 
6 
8 
8 
6 
6 
5 
4 
8 
4 
4 
4 
3 
2 
3 
2 


1 
May 
2 
May 
June 
2 
July 
1 
August 
3 
September 
1 
October 
November 
December 


1 1 
Average 
84 
91 
86 
7 
5 
10 
4 
2 
2 n 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 
3 
4 
Per cent. 
63 
63.7 
68 
68 
67 
84 
91 
86 
Per cent. 
19 
27 
18 
21 
22 
7 
5 
10 
Per cent. 
9 
4.9 
6 
6 
6 
4 
2 
2 
Per cent. 
9 
1913 
4.4 
1914 
8 
1914 
1914 
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, Januarv 24 to Februarv 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, Januarv 25 to Februarv 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 
vear later than Pensl to 6, and their periods are as follows: 1. December 1 to December 
28; 2, December 29 to Januarv 25; 3, January 26 to February 22; 4. February 23 to 
March 22; 5. March 23 to April 19; 6. April 20 to Mav 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. 
