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TABLE XVIII. 



Statements of Experimeyits continued ivith seven cows, from Decemier 

 6 to December 26, for tioenty days. 



NAMES. 



Nora, 

 Dora, 

 Cherry, . 

 Redheifer, 

 Nelly, . 

 Alice, 

 Victoria, . 



I 



■a 



942 

 975 

 922 

 923 

 790 

 881 

 1,070 



15 



35 



28 

 40 





-as 



10.96 

 16.41 



4.47 

 6.85 

 8.38 

 7.66 

 6.28 



• so 



1.16 



1.68 

 0.49 

 0.74 

 1.05 

 0.87 

 0.68 



.■S 



s • 



103 



64 

 210 

 230 

 270 

 197 

 280 



Average daily flow of milk from the seven cows, in pounds and hundredths, . 8.72 



Average number of days after calving, ...... . . 183.00 



Seven cow.s, in this trial, gave, daily, 01.01 pounds of milk ; in 20 days, their yield was 1,200.20 

 pounds. 



The same cows consumed, in 20 days — 



2,754 pounds husks and corn stalks, at | cent the pound, 



2,800 " roots, (j carrots and j ruta bagas,) at ^ cent the pound, 



Whole cost of keeping seven cows 20 days. 



Cost of milk, in this trial, 22.75 cents the gallon of ten pounds. 

 Loss of weight, iu 20 days, 38 pounds. 



5fl3 77 

 14 00 



«27 77 



RECAPITULATION OF THE EIGHTEEN TRIALS. 



Number of days embraced in all the trials, 360 



Average number of cows milked daily, 15.75 



Whole gain in weight of all the cows, 3,430 pounds. 



Whole loss in weight of all the cows, 2,010 " 



Balance of gain, 1,420 " 



Average daily flow of milk from each cow, in pounds and hundredths, . 15.84 

 Total flow of milk from all the cows, in pounds and hundredths, . 89,643.23 

 Total cost of feed of all the cows, $759 30 



Total cost of feed, per gallon of milk of ten pounds, .... 



Daily cost of keeping each cow, when wholly kept in the stable, or barn, 



Daily cost of keeping each cow, when kept wholly at pasture. 



Daily cost of keeping each cow, five days in barn and fifteen in pasture, 



Daily cost of keeping each cow, during all the trials. 



Average number of days after calving, 144.11 



08.47 

 24.30 

 07.15 

 10.65 

 13.41 



