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of the body possessing the most valuable eatable parts on the whole are 
affected most in the fattening process. 
The percentage of increase of the final measurements as compared 
with the initial measurements shows that increased weight was 32.02 
per cent, the greatest increase of all measurements. The measurements 
that showed more than 10 per cent increase were width of shoulder, 
front flank, paunch, rear flank, loin and circumferences of paunch and 
hind flank. Those which increased from 5 to 10 per cent were as fol¬ 
lows: Length of neck, width of hips, width of thurls, distance from buttock 
to hip, height at withers, distance from shoulder point to buttock, and 
circumference of chest. Measurements that showed less than 5 per cent 
increase were: Width and length of head, depth of chest, distance from 
shoulder point to ground, from chest to ground, from hock to ground, 
from hip to ground, and the circumference to muzzle. Thus, again it 
is seen that the greatest relative changes in body dimensions occur in 
the regions affected most by deposition of fat and muscular development. 
CORRELATION TABLES (II-VI) 
The following correlation tables (II-VI) arc presented as illustra¬ 
tions of the methods used in obtaining the facts presented in Tables 
VII and VIII. 
Table II.— Correlation of average daily gain of steers during a feeding period of 120 to 
140 days and the weight at the beginning of the feeding period 
Mean live weight. 
Mean daily gain. 
Standard deviation of live weight 
Standard deviation of daily gain. 
Correlation. 
pounds.. 893. 93 ±3.94 
.. .do_ 1. 95 ± . 016 
...do_ 106.88 ±2.77 
.. .do.446 ± . on 
.0364± . 0366 
