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Tablk TL — Group III., Lot 6 (Miss Elgins, Fashion Book, Cherry Constance). 

 Three Shorthorn cows. At 23rd March, when the first period of the test 

 • began, the average length of time from the commencement of their milking 

 period was 121 days. 



The teaching of the experiment points to the economy of: — 



(1) Providing for milking cows a ration of succulent quality; 



(2) Feeding as large a quantity of the feed as the animals will eat up clean ; and 



(3) Making the ration of such a gross and bulky composition that not more 

 than from 6 to 8 pounds of meal — the concentrated and expensive part of the feed — 

 will be consumed by the ordinary cow per day. 



Corn ensilage of such quality as came from our silos was not in itself a com- 

 plete or suitable feed for milking cows. During the period when it was fed alone 

 the hair of the cows seemed dry, there was an absence of thrifty appearance, and the 

 yield of milk fell off in the first period of four weeks by 22*6 per cent. There was 

 an average gain in the yield of milk during the first period of four weeks, from the 

 cows in each of the other five lots, of 6-5 per cent. 



Feeding Mangels vs. Sugar-beets for a Short Period. 



An experiment to last for three weeks was undertaken on 7th December, to 

 discover if any immediate and perceptible influence on the quantity and quality 

 of the milk resulted from feeding sugar-beets in a ration, in place of mangels. 



