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TABLE VI. 



Statements of Experiments continued with sixteen cows, from April 

 \0 to April 2^, for twenty days. 



NAMES. 



d 



O be 



5'S 



a 



I Oh 

 O ho 







a 



Quantity of feed, in 

 lbs. and hund'ths. 



60 



a 

 P4 







B-3 



SS <3 





I 



v." 



Rosa, . 

 Lady Devon, 

 Spot, . 

 MiUy, . 

 Chamberlin, 

 Nora, . 

 Dora, . 

 Kendall, 

 Redneck, 

 Flora, . 

 Delia, . 

 Gentle, 

 Haywood, 

 Whlteface, 

 Ida, . 

 Star, . 



930 

 925 

 830 



1,050 

 952 

 920 



1,010 

 992 

 825 

 935 

 995 

 915 

 910 

 730 

 760 

 980 



13.85 

 14.61 

 13.75 

 17.98 

 17.84 

 16.60 

 18.97 

 18.44 

 15.00 

 15.45 

 16.30 

 14.08 

 15.53 

 15.32 

 15.00 

 19.28 



20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6 00 



14.39 

 1378 

 13.14 

 16.83 

 12.63 

 14.65 

 16.03 

 17 09 

 17.78 



6.00 ; 2675 



6.00 13.60 



6.00 18.56 



6.00 18.83 



6.00 19.34 



6.00 18.09 



6.00 24 10 



150 



192 



102 



101 



130 



161 



117 



62 



87 



50 



90 



58 



68 



45 



50 



21 



Average daily flow of milk from the sixteen cows, in pounds and hundredths, . 17.47 

 Average number of days after calving, 92.68 



Sixteen cows, 5n this trial, consumed, in 20 days — 



5,160 pounds English hay, at | cent the pound, S39 70 



1,600 " carrots, at J cent the pound, 8 00 



1,600 " ruta bagas, at ^ cent the pound, 8 00 



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



Cost of feed for sixteen cows 20 days, $79 70 



The same cows gave of milk, in 20 days, 5,591 pounds, which cost 14.25 cents the gallon of ten 

 pounds. 



Eight pounds of the hay were cut and mixed with cob meal, and given twice a day 

 These cows lost, in 20 days, 314 pounds in weight. 



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