110 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTUEAL 



The following table gives a description of each cow and her 

 total yield of milk : 



Name of Cows,. Strawberry. Starface. Daly. Dominie. Sutphen. Camel. 



Age of Cows,... 6 years. 6 years. 4 years. 7 years. 9years. 7 years. 



Weight of Cows, 965 1,000 825 917 880 1,220 • 



Date of CalviuK, Oct. 23, '80. Oct. 10, '80. June 12, 'So. .July 15, 'so. Oct. 8, '80. Apr. 15, '80. 



Next Calf ex'd,. Atig. 29, '81 July 13, '81. Aug. 1, '81 Apr. 1, '81. 



YIELD OF MILK. 



lbs. oz. lbs. oz. lbs. oz. lbs:oz. lbs. oz. lbs. oz. 



From Nov. 16-Nov.2<>— Udays,... 273.8 274 166 256 279.12 223.8 



From Nov. 27-Dec. 7— 11 days 292.8 261 185 259 272 218 



From Dec. 8-Dec. 16— 8 days. 199.8 185.8 147.12 190 199.8 160.4 



Total yield for 30 days, 765.8 720.8 498.12 705 751.4 601.12 



The total yield for the entire herd is 4,042 lbs., 12 oz. 



The weight of a quart of milk for practical pui'poses may be 

 taken as two pounds. The total yield then for 30 days is 2,021 

 quarts, or 67.3 quarts daily, an average yield for each cow of over 

 11 quarts. 



1. From the experiments it appears then that the cows have 

 gained a little in flesh bv being fed on this ration, and that their 

 flow of milk has not diminished. 



2. It is fairly proved that the ration saved directly 30 per cent, 

 on the cost of a full ration of clover hay, and still more than this 

 on one of clover and Indian meal. 



3. The ration also saved indirectly by turning to i^rofitable 

 account the straw and coarse products which are ordinarily only 

 used for manure. 



4. The whole experiment shows that the live stock on a farm 

 can be kept in good condition, and a much larger amount of its 

 high priced products sold, than it is now the pi'actice to sell, or 

 that a greatly increased amount of live stock can be profitably 

 kept while consuming all the food products. 



The above is but a single example of the use of a computed 

 ration. It was made for a special purpose ; and there might have 

 others calculated which would have been quite as economical. 



George H. Cook, Director. 

 New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 16, 1881." 



