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IV. Summary The results of a winter nutrition experiment on dairy cows were used as a uniformity trial in order to indicate the magnitude of the standard error we may expect if a continuous treatment experiment is designed with a preliminary control period. An initial period of three weeks is suggested, and some discussion given on the design and analysis of this type of experiment.
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