71 



All of those rations fall far below the (lennan stand- 

 ard 111 carliohydrates, and i^Teatly exceed it in fat. Tn 

 the (iiilf States, by reason of tlc' hi<j:h price of corn, it 

 is cnstoniary to feed rations which present ninch the 

 same departures as above from the standard consider- 

 (m1 desirable in countries where carb(4liydrates are 

 cheap. In spite of the lariie amonnt of fat, no dii»-est- 

 ive disorders resulted. 



Amount of :\[AxruK Puoduced r.Y Datiiy Cows. 



T]\v manure dropi)ed in the barn during; ten niiihts by 

 three cows Avas weii»hed for the perriod from January 

 17 to 20th, 1003. At this time this lot of cows was get- 

 tini>- the cowpea ration. They Avere in the stable about 

 in hours per nioht. 



DuriniLi this time Ihe averaiie amount of solid and 

 li(iui<l manure per cow per niiilit was 30.1 pcmnds, ex- 

 clusiA'e of rye straw beddino-, whi<-h was 4 pounds per 

 iiiuht. Hence the total amount of manure was 40.1 

 ])ouuds per night for cows aA'eraging 713 pounds in 

 liA^e weight. This is at the rate of 1,203 pounds of ma- 

 nure dropped in the barn per mouth for each Jersey 

 cow milked. 



