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EXPERIMENT STATION— BULLETINS. 



weighed back. Only the actual amount consumed is reported. Careful 

 records were kept of each milking, and the cows were weighed each week. 



Tables one and two give names of the animal, date of period, grain, hay, 

 ensilage and dried fodder consumed ; pounds of milk, weight of animals at 

 beginning and close of periods, with gain or loss. 



The milch cows were in that time from calving, when there is quite a 

 marked shrinkage in product, and one was entirely dry before the completion 

 of the test. See milk yield of Soutje in tables. 



Four of the dry cows were old and had suckled calves until late in the fall, 

 and were much reduced in flesh, so that the gains were light during the first 

 periods of feeding. 



During the dry fodder periods the daily grain ration was 14 pounds to each 

 cow, made up of varying amounts of wheat bran and cob meal, averaging 

 five pounds of bran, two pounds of hay daily, and what corn fodder they would 

 consume. 



During the ensilage periods the daily ration was five pounds of wheat 

 bran, two pounds of hay, and from 30 to 60 pounds of ensilage. 



Table I. — Dry Feed alone. 



Name of animal. 



Phoenix 12 th 



College Phoenix 



Lulu of Lansing 



Soutje 



College Mae 



Bonny Red Rose 2d. 

 Crystal Queen 9th. . 



Heroine 



Jennie Baldwin 2d . 

 Lovely 27th 



Totals. 



Date of periods. 



( Dec. 

 \ Jan. 



I Dec. 

 1 Jan. 



Dec. 

 Jan. 



I Dec. 

 I Jan. 



J Dec. 

 I Jan. 



1 Dec. 

 I Jan. 



Dec. 

 Jan. 



j Dec. 

 I Jan. 



J Dec. 

 I Jan. 



( Dec. 

 1 Jan. 



15 to Jan. 4.. 

 26 to Feb. 15. 



15 to Jan. 

 26 to Feb. 



4 . 

 15. 



15 to Jan. 4.. 

 26 to Feb. 15 . 



15 to Jan. 4 .. 

 26 to Feb. 15 . 



15 to Jan. 4 



26 to Feb. 15... 



15 to Jan. 4 .. 

 26 to Feb. 15 . 



15 to Jan. 4_. 

 26 to Feb. 15 . 



15 to Jan. 4 .. 

 26 to Feb. 15. 



15 to Jan. 4 .. 

 26 to Feb. 15 . 



15 to Jan. 4 ... 

 26 to Feb. 15.. 



a 

 '3 

 & 



252 

 336 



252 

 336 



252 

 336 



252 

 336 



252 

 336 



246 

 335^ 



252 

 33o% 



252 

 335)£ 



252 

 335^ 



252 

 335X 



1 

 >> 



w 



42 



42 



42 

 42 



42 

 42 



42 

 42 



42 

 42 



42 



42 



42 

 42 



42 

 42 



42 

 42 



43 



42 



5,871 & 840 



■a 

 •a 

 o 



■a . 



278 

 205 



280^ 

 222 



26'^ 

 197 



361 X 

 344 



293 

 305 



97 

 165& 



238^ 

 157 



21 1& 

 174^ 



21IM 

 207 Vi 



156 

 145 



4,545X 



398 

 383 



501^ 

 441>$ 



327 

 286VS 



326 

 111^ 



579 

 511 



Weights. 



ho - 



| -a ■ 



a-. ^ 



1.210 

 1,195 



1,070 

 1,050 



920 

 960 



1,250 

 1,305 



1,120 



1,180 



1,120 

 1,247 



1,500 

 1,505 



1,180 

 1,220 



1,230 

 1,290 



1,090 

 1,080 



3,865 



1,150 

 1,170 



1,020 

 1,040 



880 

 985 



1,230 

 1,360 



1,080 

 1,180 



1,180 

 1,295 



1,510 

 1,505 



1,160 

 1,208 



1.230 

 1,320 



1,080 

 1,140 



O 



25 



55 



60 

 48 



10 

 







30 



60 



288 



60 

 25 



50 

 10 



40 



20 



40 

 



20 

 12 





 10 



287 



