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Bulletin 222. 



Table I. — Products of the Twenty Cows in the First Period. 



The ten cows that were purchased and removed to the university 

 were selected in such a manner as to divide the whole herd in two 

 parts that should be as nearly alike as possible in age, breeding, 

 productive capacity and general characteristics. Reference to the 

 above table will show how far we were successful in accomplishing 

 this, since the names of the cows that were purchased are printed in 

 heavy type. 



At the time the cows were brought to the university, they were 

 dry or very nearly so, and, as has already been said, were very thin 

 in flesh. During the first winter they were fed with the object of 

 making them take on some flesh, so that they should come into milk in 

 better condition than the j^ear before. All dropped their calves 

 before the middle of April, 1901. A comparison of the weight on 

 November 8, 1900, and on May 1, 1901, will therefore give an idea of 

 the increase during the winter, and is sho^vn in the table below: 



