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TABLE XVI. 



Statements of Experiments continued with sixteen cows, from October 

 27 to November 16, for twenty days. 



Ayerage daily flow of milk from the sixteen cows, in pounds and hundredths, . 9.15 



Average number of days after calving, 202.1S 



The sixteen cows, in this trial, gave 146.40 pounds of milk daily. In 20 days, their yield was 

 2,928 pounds. The co.'t of keeping, for each cow, was the same as in the last trial, making, for 

 sixteen cows, $22.88 for 20 days. Cost of milk, a fraction over 7.81 cents the gallon of ten pounds. 



The gain of weight, in this trial, was 433 pounds. 



