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gredients and exact proportions of the average daily rations. It also presents a 

 full showing, by fortnights, of the feed consumed, gains in weight and the 

 milk yield. 



In the column headed " Total Feed Consumed," the decimals are omitted, 

 but the calculations based on this column were made with the exact numbers. 



The losses in weight were put into the column marked "'Gain in Weight," but 

 the minus sign was prefixed in every case, thus (-3G). 



The two columns headed "Gain per Cent" were calculated as follows: The 

 " gain percent of live weight " was obtained by dividing the "gain in weight," 

 each fortnight, by the weight of the animal at the beginning of the same fort- 

 night. The "gain per cent of feed consumed " was obtained by dividing the 

 "gain in weight," each period, by the "total feed consumed" in the correspond- 

 ing period. In the fifth fortnight there was a slight gain in the milk yield of 

 both cows. This is indicated in the column marked "pounds shrinkage" by the 

 word "gain" over the j)roper number. 



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