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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The total weight of the six cows to which this nition was fed was 

 5,800 pounds. The daily ration for the herd was calculated by 

 multiplying the ration for 1,000 pounds live weight by 5.8, thus 

 making the daily ration for the six cows as follows : 



Clover hay 35 lbs. 



Wheat straw 75 



Brewers' grains 116 



Turnips , IIG 



Cotton seed meal 11| 



The daily cost of this ration was as follows : 



35 lbs. clover hay $0 2G 



75 lbs. wheat straw 2G 



116 lbs. brewers' grains, at $5 per ton 2!) 



IIG lbs. turnips, at 10 cents per bushel 19 



11^ lbs. cotton seed meal . 15 



Total cost for six cows per da}' Si 15 



Daily cost for each cow .... 019 



Daily cost when fed on clover hay alone 26 



The length of time through which this ration was fed was thirty 



■idays. The cows were milked twice dail}' and the yield of milk 



from each cow weighed and recorded. Below are given tables 



<:'Oi>taining descriptions of cows and their milk record during the 



...experiment ; 



U AME OP Cows 



••■Btra wberry 



'Star Face 



Daly 



Doiiiinio 



'Sutphon 



Caiuel 



Weight of 

 Cows. 



Date of Calving. 



Next 

 Calf Expected. 



965 pounds. October 23, 1880 August 29, 1881. 



1000 



825 



917 



880 



1220 



October 10, 1880 



•Juno 12, 1880|July 13, 1881. 



July 15, 1880 August 1, 1881. 



October 8, 1880 1 



April 15, ISSOJApril 1, 1881. 



