The effect of different nutritive planes upon the economy of gain and the rate of growth of young cattle

Abstract

This investigation was undertaken in order that something might be learned concerning: (a) the cost of maintenance of live weight in ungrown cattle; (b) the effect of a maintenance ration upon the condition of ungrown cattle; (c) the effect of widely different nutritive planes upon the economy of gain; (d) the relation between the total feed and grain eaten and the total productive feed and grain eaten; (e) the energy value of normal growth; (f) the relation between the condition of fatness and the calorific cost of gain (g) the effect of the previous plane of nutrition upon the subsequent maintenance cost; (h) the relative rate of growth in young cattle as influenced by the amount of feed eaten; (i) the effect of the quantity of the feed eaten upon the relative growth of different parts of the young animal.