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and one of gluten meal and cotton seed meal, the proportion 

 being varied somewhat. Occasionally some oilmeal is added. In 

 order to know how much a cow giving a good flow of milk would 

 eat, March 9th and 10th I weighed what was eaten by two cows 

 fresh last September. I estimated their weight at 1,100 pounds. 

 The grain was mixed, cotton seed, 100 pounds; gluten meal, 125 

 pounds; bran, 225 pounds. Each cow was given 10 pounds and, 

 besides, consumed 25 pounds ensilage and IS pounds hay per day. 

 This gives 29.9 pounds of dry matter, 3.45 pounds protein, 16.57 

 pounds carbohydrates and fat 2^ pounds, total digestible nutri- 

 ents, 20.07 pounds and a nutritive ratio of 1. to 4.74. There is 

 an .excess of 13 per cent, in dry matter and of 15 per cent, in total 

 digestible matter above the standard for milch cows. One of the 

 cows averaged 35. G pounds, the other 36.7 pounds of milk a day. 

 The ration has given me good results. I have milked 32 cows the 

 past year, three others for short periods, but their milk will not 

 equal the amount fed to calves. The total amount of milk de- 

 livered at the cheese factory, and the station from March 1, 

 1900, to February 28, 1901, was 287,857 pounds. Net receipts, 

 $2,701.16; an average per cow of 8,995 pounds milk and $84.41. 

 It is the best year's work my herd has yet done. I expect to 

 increase the average to 10,000 pounds per cow. A considerable 

 number will give over this quantity now, and I can see no good 

 reason why I cannot raise more to do equally well. As nearly 

 as I can tell the cows, producing calves in the spring, are fed 

 1,800 to 2,000 pounds of grain during the year, and the cows 

 fresh in the fall from 2,000 to 2,500 pounds. The average cost 

 has been less than $20 per ton. So that the average proceeds 

 per cow above the cost of grain is about $63." 



In conclusion, Mr. Wood cited the returns from some of his 

 best animals, one of which gave over 10,700 pounds of milk dur- 

 ing 10 months, which brought $111.35. 



