Y8 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Table V — Dates of Calving. 



The cows were weighed on the 15th of each month, except in a 

 few cases where dry cows were at pasture and away from the barn. 

 They were weighed in every case in the morning after milking and 

 feeding and before watering. The weights of each cow each month 

 are shown in table VI and also the average for the year. 



It will be seen that the herd as a whole maintained about an even 

 degree of flesh, only a few of the younger cows making a material 

 increase in weight duribg the year. It will also be seen that the size 

 of the cows viried considerably and that very few M^ere under 1,000 

 pounds in average weight, so that the herd as a whole was made up of 

 large cows. 



It was the aim to feed a ration that would be eaten up fairly 

 clean by all the cows. The foods used during the winter were 

 hay, ensilage, roots, wheat bran, cotton-seed meal and corn meal. 

 Only very slight variations were made from this list of foods. In 

 the summer the cows had pasture of good quality and a grain 



♦Due to calve. 



