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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



WEIGHTS. 



Average weight of 10 cows at start of root ration 991.3 lbs. 



Average weight of 10 cows at close of root ration 1005.7 lbs 



Average gain per cow in 4 weeks on root ration 14.4 lbs. 



Average weight of 10 cows at start of ration without roots. . 997.2 lbs. 

 Average weight of 10 cows at close of ration without roots. . 1003.1 lbs. 



Average gain per cow in 4 weeks on ration without roots 5.9 lbs. 



In this case the cows gained without roots as well as with roots, 

 though increase was slightly larger on the root ration. 



TABLE 10. 

 Summary of results of three experiments with 40 cows. 



ROOTS. 



