168 . BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Cost of milk, hay at one-half cent a pound, 1.95 cents the 

 pound, or 3.90 cents the wine quart. The hay and straw cut, 

 and given wet ; the meal sifted over the hay and straw. This 

 trial seems to show that two pounds of oat straw is not equal 

 for milk to one pound of hay. 



Fourth Trial. 

 Fed five days on cut hay, daily, .... 16 lbs. 

 Oat straw, cut, 32 lbs., hay value, . . . . 16 " 

 Two lbs. Indian meal, hay value, .... 8 " 



Hay value of five days' food, .... 200 lbs. 



Deduct six lbs. not consumed, . . 6 " 



194 " 



Cost of five days' food, hay at one-half cent per lb., $0 97 



Milk in five days, . . .• . . . 48 6-16 lbs. 



Cost of milk, hay one-half cent per pound, 1.995 cents per 



pound, or 3.99 cents the wine quart. The hay, straw and 



meal were given dry ; and the trial shows that dry hay, straw 



and meal is not so good for milk as when wet. 



February 3d, 1852, commenced feeding two cows, one thirty- 

 three months old, fourteen days after calving, live weight 1,000 

 pounds ; the other thirty-one months old, seven months after 

 calving, not now in calf, live weight 690 pounds. These cows 

 were fed five days on forty-two pounds, or 2|- per cent, of their 

 live weight, of uncut hay, and fifty pounds of flat turnips daily. 



Uncut hay, daily, ...... 42 lbs. 



Turnips, 50 lbs., hav value, . . ... 10 " 



— 52 lbs. 



Hay value of five days' food, .... 260 " 



Cost of five days' food, hay at one-half cent per lb. $1 30 



Milk in five days, 153.625 lbs. 



Cost of milk, hay at one-half cent per pound, .846 of a cent 



the pound, or 1.692 cents wine quart. 



Second Trial. 

 Fed five days on cut hay, daily, 

 Turnips, 50 lbs., daily, .... 



Hay value of five days' food, . 

 Deduct five lbs. not consumed, 



