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TABLE IL 



Statements of Experiments continued with ten cows, from January 

 20th to February 9th, for twenty days. 



NAMES. 



to 



9 => 





Quantity of feed, in 

 lbs. andhund'ths. 



a 



cd 

 O 



o 



t>io3 



as 



V- to 



a o 



3 "3 



70 



112 



22 



30 



50 



81 



37 



260 



240 



907 

 907 

 870 



1,016 

 980 

 920 

 988 



1,050 

 955 

 843 



924 



935 



891 



1,051 



1,022 



923 



1,010 



1,045 



902 



854 



16.81 

 19.18 

 16.06 

 18.10 

 18.37 

 19.06 

 19 62 

 19.62 

 17.00 

 15.12 



15.87 



15.50 



17.68 



20.06 



13.56 



15.56 



20.25 



4.25 



4.87 



8.18 



1.72 



1.66 

 1.98 

 1.91 

 1.33 

 1.69 

 2.00 

 0.40 

 0.54 



0.76 204 



Average daily flow of milk from the ten cows, in pounds and hundredths, . . 13.57 

 Average number of days after calviug, 110.06 



Ten cows, in this trial, consumed in 20 days, 3,588.80 pounds of meadow haj-, 4,000 pounds of 

 carrots, and 500 pounds of shorts. 



Estimating the hay at J cent the poiind, it amounts to 3517 94 



4,000 pounds carrots, at ^ cent the pound, 20 00 



500 " shorts, at 1| cents the pound, 7 60 



Cost of keeping ten cows 20 days, $45 44 



The same cows gave, in 20 days, 2,715.60 pounds of milk, costing 16.72 cents the gallon of tea 

 pounds. 

 The feed proving insuiScient, the ten cows lost, in 20 days, 244 pounds of their weight. 



