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7. Rena. 



Rena was a light roan cow of j^ood size and form, evidently having 

 some Short Horn blood. She had torn one teat badly on a barbed 

 wire and gave no milk from that quarter except for" a short time 

 after coming in. She was suckling a calf at the beginning of the ex- 

 periment and her records did not begin until May 2d, at which time 

 she had been in milk about two months. Her lactation periods were 

 as follows : 



1900 



1901 Dropped calf 



1902 Dropped calf 



1903 Dropped calf 



from May 2 to Dec. 24 34 weeks 



March 26, dry March 1, 1902 48 weeks 



June 12, dry Feb. 15, 1903 36 weeks 



April 22 to close of expt. Feb. 23, 1904 33 weeks 



8. Rita. 



She was a native cow of medium size, red in color and of no marked 

 characteristics. At the beginning of the experiment she was suckling 

 a calf which was not sold till May 16th, at which time her records 

 began. She had then been in milk about two months. (Figs. 9, 10, 

 11, p. 34, 35.) Her lactation periods were as follows: 



1900 from May 16 to Feb. 15, 1901 39 weeks 



1901 Dropped calf March 19, dry March 1, 1902 49 weeks 



1902 Dropped calf; April 7, dry Feb. 1, 1903 44 weeks 



1903 Dropped calf March 13 to close of expt. Feb. 23, 1904 48 weeks 



