250 



BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



TABLE VII. 



Statements of Experiments continued 7vith sixteen cows, from April 

 30 <o May 19, for twenty days. 



NAMES. 



Hi 



"a 

 o to 



< 



o to 



to 



tCoi 



K ■a 



O 



Quantity of feed, in 

 lbs. and hund'ths. 





tc 

 a 



C3 



a 

 g 



9 





■cr; 



S3 "S 



t,-' i to 

 cj .J I t< a 



Kosa, 



Lady Devon 

 Spot, . 

 Milly, . 

 Chamberlin 

 Nora, . 

 Dora, . 

 Kendall, 

 Redneclj, 

 Flora, . 

 Delia, . 

 Gentle, 

 Haywood, 

 Whiteface, 

 Ida, . 

 Star, . 



895 

 900 

 835 

 1,050 

 955 

 900 

 980 

 982 

 800 

 930 

 973 

 875 

 887 

 707 

 773 

 965 



952 

 915 



865 

 1,075 

 930 

 930 

 978 

 1,008 

 817 

 948 

 995 

 885 

 948 

 750 

 780 

 968 



923 



907 

 850 

 1,062 

 943 

 915 

 979 

 995 

 809 

 939 

 989 

 880 

 917 

 729 

 776 

 967 



170 



212 



122 



130 



150 



181 



137 



82 



10 



70 



110 



78 



88 



65 



70 



44 



Average daily flow of milk from the sixteen cows, in pounds and hundredths, . 18.08 

 Average number of days after calving, 107.44 



In this trial, sixteen cows consumed, in 20 days — 



5,196.40 pounds English hay, at | cent the pound, §38 97 



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



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



1,920 " Indian meal, at 1^ cents the pound, 28 80 



Cost of keeping sixteen cows 20 days, $83 77 



The same cows gave, in 20 days, 5,786.20 pounds of milk, costing 14.47 cents the gallon of ten 

 pounds. 



Gain in weight, of the sixteen cows, in 20 days, 3-37 pounds. 



The whole loss of weight made by the cows, in these seven trials, was 1,658 pounds ; tlie whole 

 gain was 1,255 pounds; leaving a balance of loss in the 140 days, of 403 pounds. This loss is prob- 

 ably due to the change from green summer to dry winter feed. If so, it would appear that the feed 

 consumed by the cows has been equal to sustaining them in the same condition they were in at the 

 commencement of the 140 days" feeding. 



The average cost, per day, for feeding each cow, in these trials of 140 days, was 24.62 cents. 



