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TABLE XIV. 



Statements of Experiments continued with sixteen cows, from Septem- 

 ber 17 to October 6, for twenty days. 



The yield of the sixteen cows, in this trial, was 187.41 pounds of milk daily, equal to 3,748.20 

 pounds in 20 days. 



Cost of keeping, estimating the aftermath to be no more than equal to good pasture, $1.43 each 

 cow, for twenty days, making $22.88 for sixteen cows 20 days. Cost of milk, 6.14 cents the gallon 

 of ten pounds. 



Loss in weight, of the sixteen cows, in this twenty days' trial, 314 pounds. 



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