The Relation of Food to Milk-Fat. 75 



had a tendency to fatten the animals more than the other rations. 

 However tlie differences are so shglit that it is safe to saj that the 

 gains in weiglit are due more to growtlf than to any particular effect 

 of the food. 



Charts. 



In order to place the records for milk and fat presented in tables 

 land II more vividly before the reader's eye the following six charts 

 have been prepared. They show the average daily yield of milk, 

 average per cent of fat, and average weekly yield of fat for both 

 experiments. Passing from left to right in the charts each division 

 represents one week. Counting upward, each of the small spaces 

 represents one-half pound of milk, iive one-hundredths of one per 

 cent fat, or one-tenth of a pound of fat, as the case may be. 



