AS FODDER FOR CATTLE. 



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Table showing the Weight and Composition of the Food of the Seven 

 Coivs fed with 4 lbs. of Herring Meal and 3 lbs. of Maize Meal 

 during the 1th, 8th, and 9th Week of the Experiment. 



1^26x2^ = 3^15 + 9^57 = 12^72-^3-45 = an albuminoid ratio of 1 to 3^7. 



Table shoiving the Weight and Composition of the Food of the Tliree 

 Coivs fed in the Ordinary Way diiring the 7th, 8th, and 9th Weeks, 

 and the whole ten experimented ivith during the \Qth, Wth, and 

 12th Weeks. 



•93 X 2^ = 2 -32 + 10^79 = 13 •ll-j-3 -12 = an albuminoid ratio of 1 to 4^2. 



The seventh week the cows getting herring meal and maize 

 did not make the quantity of milk that was anticipated before 

 trial. This, in part, may be accounted for by the change in 

 food, as none of the cows had to my knowledge ever tasted 

 maize, and they did not show any very great liking for it. 

 Little of it was actually left, but at first they apparently did not 



