294 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
Period 3, 33 days. 
Bess.— 540 pounds hay; 165 pounds corn meal; 66 pounds 
wheat bran; 99 pounds cottonseed meal. Increased weight, 62 
pounds. 
Jess.— 453 pounds hay; 132 pounds corn meal; 49 pounds 
wheat bran; 82 pounds cottonseed meal. Increased weight, 57 
pounds. 
The chemical composition of the several feeds used in this trial 
is given in the table of analyses, Nos. 2,032, 2,034, 2,040, 2,042, 
2,112 and 2,203. The dry matter consumed per day and the 
average daily increase in weight1is presented below, the first being 
for period one: 












| Cotton- . |Daily in- 
Hay, coi seed eat Roots, loa crease in 
lbs. lb : meal, Ibs : lbs. lbs > | weight, 
Lipa F ; lbs. 
OC Re ee teres te ere 4.06 7.68 131 3.96 .38 40.3 97 
| } 
OMG ot, ae Pe eiyandeeal es ae are Li ieaane 4,05 .38 39.5 1.12 








The dry matter consumed per day for period two, and the daily 
increase, is shown by the following table: 
















Cotton- Daily in- 
Hay, Seb seed | beptat Roots, elas crease'in 
lbs. Ibs. | meal, ihe lbs. lbs, | Weight, 
Ibs. ‘ lbs. 
BSH TUT ORE aCe BP SA NL OF Irae. 6.07 38 | 55.7 2.11 
Aes ee aa | 3.38 5.80 1.40 2.02 .38 26.1 1.21 



For period three, the amount of dry matter eaten per day, and 
the increase in live weight, is shown by the following table : 



Pb tal Corn | Wheat Water |Daily in- 





Hay, see ~ |creasein 
Ibs. meal, meal, bran, Roots, | drunk, weight, 
ibe, lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. AVeat 
vs a HEN litte 08 — |---| ——— | tasiaed. 
Besa oy tee eee 13.87 2.81 | £08 [O14 17 59.8 1.89 
DOSS leucine uae ee 11.76 | 2.34 3.24: | 1.29 ay 44.1 aye} 

