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At this time the rations were considerably changed in order to 
have a digestion experiment, hence we may consider the data up 
to this date by itself. During the first period after the animals 
were taken from pasture and put in the barn, there was a rapid 
falling off in weight, probably, however, not so much a loss in flesh 
as of water and diminished feed. 
We may first present the apparent gain per day for each period, 
that is, the gain between the average daily weighings for each full 
period, as follows: 
AVERAGE Datiy GAIN. 



Lot I. Lor II. 

Broad. | Star. | Whitey.| Spot. 
Pounds.| Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds 


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Re gr Sage lst cos an Waite os chal ee Bom 1.7 1.5 2.3 3.0 
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LSS ol ee PATE REN eet 5 2.4 1.3 3.0 1.8 
CN Ee a ye 0.9 1.0 3.3 2.4 
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In the 109 days included in the trial, the apparent total gain 
for each lot was as follows: 
monads 
gain. 
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a With the animals under experimentation, in this case the ration 
; fed Lot IT gave better gain by nearly two-tenths of a pound per 
day, that is the carbonaceous ration gave rather better returns 
in live-weight than did the nitrogenous one. 
i Since the gain for the two lots was found to be in favor of the 
carbonaceous feed, we may look to see the actual amounts of the 
several foods consumed during the 109 days and the chemical 

