REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 61 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Group II. — Bran, Oats, Gluten, Oil Meal and Cotton Seed Meal Experiment. 



Item CoN-sioKiiEn. 



P.ii'H. 



Meal Mixture Fed. 



Number of days on fted 



AmiUMt meal mixture consumed in 



period 



Average amount meal per cow per day.. 

 Amount roots and ensilage consumed by 



group in period 



Average amount routs and ensilage i)er 



cow per day 



Amount hay consumed by group in 



period 



Total milk in averape day of period. . . 

 Total milk produced by group in periodj 

 Total milk pronucid by group in firsci 



three days of jjerind I 



Total milk produced by group in last! 



three days of period | 



Value of food consumed by group duriugi 



period | 



Value of food consumed by group in onei 



day I 



Cost of 100 lbs. milk produecid by grou;>| 



during period j 



Ck)st of i'iO Ib-i. milk pioduced by groujii 



during first three day.s of period 



Cost of 100 lbs. milk produced by group] 



during last three days of period 



Normal riite of decrease m milk-flowl 



during period 



Rate of decrease — ; orincrease+; during 



period 



Averape jwr cent of fat in milk during 



period 



Pre- 

 liminary 

 Brnn I'X), 

 Oats 100. 



Oats 100, 



Bran 100, 



Oil meal 100. 



14 



308 lbs, 

 5i .. 



2520 „ 



45 II 



1(18 ., 



70 „ 



98(;i „ 



2m\ „ 



21 2i „ 



$6 71 

 47H 

 63 

 68-2 

 67-3 



4 p.c. 

 + 15 p.c. 



4 7 p.c. 



Oats 100, 



I'.ran 100, 



Gluten 100. 



M;ir. 21 



to 

 April 3. 



Oats 100, 



Bran 100, 



Cotton seed 



meal 100. 



Bran 100, 

 Oats 100. 



14 



308 lbs. 



250G „ 



44 t\ 



1C.8 M 



7:' ., 



1005 i .. 



2ifU ., 



217i .. 



5S 43 

 45J^J 

 64 

 64 

 64 



4 p.c. 

 + -4 p.c. 



47 p.c. 



April 4 



to 

 April 17. 



14 



.308 lbs. 

 5.i ,._ 



2492 .. 



44^ .. 



168 ,. 

 71 .. 



988^ ,. 



214 .. 



212i ., 



$8 71 

 47H 

 67-8 

 67-3 

 679 



4 p.c. 

 — '7 p.c. 



4-7 p.c. 



April IS 



to 

 May 2. 



14 



308 lbs. 

 5^ .. 



19C0 .. 



35 .. 



168 „ 



67-6 ,. 



947- 5 .. 



211 .. 



197 .. 



§5 63 



40j'j 



59 4 



57 2 



61 2 



4 p.c. 



— 66 p.c. 



45 i>.c. 



