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Bulletin 173. 



TABLE IV. 



Average Per Cent of Fat in Periods of Three Weeks Each. 



RATION UNCHANGED. 



December 9 to 29 . . . 



December 30 to January 19 



January 20 to February 9. . 

 February 10 to March 2 ... 



March 3 to 23 



March 24 to April 13 



Belva 2d. 

 Narrow 

 ration. 



3.02 

 2.92 



2.94 

 3.14 



3.23 

 3.23 



Cherry. 

 Medium 

 ration. 



5.37 



5.58 



5.75 

 5.52 



5.55 

 5.47 



Clara. 



Wide 



ration. 



5.11 

 5.30 



5.68 

 5.44 



5.45 



Among the cows that were fed pahn nut meal it is seen that all in 

 lot No. 1 show in general a higher per cent of fat while the meal 

 was fed than before, but this higher average is kept up for six weeks 

 after the meal was discontinued. Mabel 2d of lot No. 2 is the only 

 cow that shows a lower average both before and after feeding the 

 palm nut meal than during that period, but her total yield of fat 

 was less on the palm nut ration than on the usual ration. Ruby and 

 Sadie each had a higher average before the meal was fed and nearly 

 as high after as during the period of feeding the meal. Ruby's high 

 average at the beginning is probably due to her being fresh in milk. 



