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STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
Table 111.—Lot III. Fed Beet Pulp and Hay. 
Date. 
Pulp. 
Hay. 
Total 
Weight. 
Total 
Gain. 
Average 
Weight. 
Av. Weekly 
Gain. 
Dec. 30. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
11290 
lbs. 
lbs. 
941 
lbs. 
Jan. 7... 
11630 
5375 
11850 
560 
988 
47 
“ 14. 
7700 
2580 
12110 
260 
1009 
21 
“ 21. 
9055 
785 
11990 
—120 
999 
—10 
“ 28. 
11065 
830 
12050 
60 
1004 
5 
Feb. 4.... 
“ 11. 
9550 
5220 
1290 
2905 
12260 
* 
210 
1022 
18 
“ 18. 
8617 
1060 
12460 
200 
1036 
16 
“ 25 . 
7849 
865 
12625 
165 
1052 
14 
Mar. 4. 
7165 
1650 
12735 
110 
1061 
9 
“ 11. 
7447 
1055 
13035 
300 
1086 
25 
“ 18 . 
9331 
945 
13310 
275 
1109 
23 
“ 25. 
8730 
3610 
13265 
— 45 
1105 
— 4 
Apr. 1. 
“ 8. 
6113 
1500 
1859Q 
325 
1132 
27 
7285 
1880 
13500 
- 90 
1125 
— 7 
Total .. 
11677 
26270 
13500 
2210 
13.1 
*not weighed. 
Table IV.-Lot IV. Fed Hay. 
Date. 
Hay. 
Total 
Weight. 
Total 
Gain. 
Average 
Weight. 
Av. Weekly 
Gain. 
Dec. 30. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
11620 
lbs. 
lbs. 
962 
lbs. 
Jan. 7. 
8970 
12515 
695 
1026 
58 
“ 14. 
3380 
12480 
165 
1040 
14 
“ 21.:. 
2465 
12375 
-105 
1031 
- 9 
28. . 
3340 
12480 
105 
1040 
9 
Feb. 4. 
“ 11. 
■2820 
3940 
12515 
* 
35 
1043 
3 
“ 18. 
1480 
12655 
140 
1055 
12 
" 25. 
2780 
12665 
230 
1074 
19 
Mar. 4. 
2540 
12795 
— 90 
1066 
— 8 
“ 11. 
2260 
13245 
450 
1104 
38 
“ 18. 
3165 
13155 
- 90 
1096 
— 8 
“ 25. 
4250 
13340 
185 
1112 
16 
Apr. 1. 
* 8. 
5165 
13295 
— 45 
1108 
— 4 
3420 
13380 
95 
1115 
8 
Total. 
49795 
13380 
1760 
10.5 
*not weighed. 
In tables I to IV is given the data in tabulated form of the 
amounts of feed eaten by the steers in each of the lots; also the 
gains made each week by each lot. As was the case in similar data 
given in bulletin No. 97, relating to the feeding of steers, there 
were a number of weekly weighings when the steers in each lot 
showed a loss as compared with the weights given the week pre¬ 
vious. In this experiment, however, there was apparently no spe¬ 
cific cause for the variation in the thrift of the animals. I11 the 
preceding experiment the steers in the different lots appeared to 
gain or lose weight in unison, but in this case there was more varia¬ 
tion in the different lots from week to week, it being more apparent 
in Lot IV, in which the steers were fed only hay. The great varia¬ 
tion in rate of gain in this lot might be accounted for by the more 
variable appetite of the animals when fed on a single kind of feed, 
while the steers in the other lots that were receiving a mixed ration 
