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TABLE V. 



Statements of Experiments contimied with sixteen cows, from March 

 20 to April 9, for twenty days. 



Average daily flow of milk from the sixteen cows 

 Average number of days after calving. 



in pounds and hundredths, 



18.93 

 93.88 



Sixteen cows, in this trial, consumed, in 20 days — 



5,632.80 pounds meadow hay, valued at J cent the pound, $28 15 



3,200 " carrots, at i cent the pound, 16 00 



3,200 " ruta bagas, at J cent the pound, 10 00 



1,920 " cob meal, at 1| cents the pound, 24 00 



Cost of feed consumed in 20 days, $84 16 



The milk produced by these cows, in 20 days, was 6,058.20 pounds, which cost 13.89 cents the 

 gallon of ten pounds. 



Eight pounds of the hay were cut and mixed with 6 pounds of cob meal, and given in two feeds 

 to each cow daily. 



The feed in this trial proved less nutritious than that consumed in the last, and the cows lost in 

 weight 890 pounds. 



