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Table XI. —The Amount vv I'otal Nutkiknts Inorkased and the 



Protkin Reduced. 



AN INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS TO NOT MORE THAN 15.5 LBS. 



The average of 111 records, in each of which there was an 

 increase in the amount of nutrients to not exceeding 15.5 lbs. 

 per day per 1000 lbs. live weight, is shown in the following table. 

 The average increase in nutrients was slight but the usual 

 shrinkage in milk flow did not occur. In 61 instances there was 

 a decided increase of protein in the ration, in 24 instances a 

 decided reduction and in 26 instances little change. There was 

 but slight average gain in live weight. 



With but little change in amount of protein. — The average of 

 the 26 records in which little change in the amount of protein 

 occurred shows a trifle less than the usual diminution of milk 

 yield expected at this stage of lactation. The average increase 

 in amount of nutrients was but little. A slight loss in live 

 weight occurred. See A in Table XII. 



With an increase in the amount of protein. — Sixty-one records 

 show a slightly greater average yield of milk following the mod- 



