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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SECOND EXPERIMENT. PERIOD TWO. 



Feed given, 33 pounds wet beet pulp, 3. 8 pounds oat straw, l.Spoundsdoverhay, 0.5 pounds bran, 0.5 pounds corn and cob 

 meal. 

 Total dry matter 8.71 pounds per cow per day. 

 Nutritive ratio 1 to 12.2. 



Graus op Nithogen in . 



Cow 1. 



Cow. 2 



Food. 



^1> 

 (2) 



(3) 



^4) 



(5) 



(6) 



(7) 



48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 



Sum 340.9 

 Avg. 48.7 



Urine. 



21.2 

 18.7 

 20.6 

 16.6 

 18.5 

 22.3 

 17.5 



135.3 

 19.3 



Daily gain, grams 1.8 



Daily loss 



Digestibility of proteids on basis of N. in wet feces 37.0% 



N. in dry feces 39.9% 



N. in treated feces 51.1% 



Food. 



(1) 

 (2) 

 (3) 

 (4) 

 (5) 

 (0) 

 (7) 



.39.5 

 45.9 



48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 

 48.7 



Urine. 



22.2 

 20.8 

 20.9 

 20.7 

 21.9 

 19.4 

 23.3 



328.9 295.8 159.5 151.6 \ 116.1 149.2 



46.9 42.2 22.8 21.6 I 1G.5 21.3 



Daily gain, grams 2.8 



Daily loss 



Digestibility of proteids on basis of N. in wet feces.. . 46.0' 



N. in dry feces ^^■^''IS 



N. in treated feces 60.7% 



♦ Some slight error in sampling shows here. However there is in this experiment but a small amount of nitrogen lost on drying 

 hence the slight error here is scarcely noticeable. 



SECOND EXPERIMENT, PERIOD THREE. 



Feed given, 50 pounds wet beet pulp, 3.8 pounds oat straw, 1.3 pounds clover hay, 0.5 pounds corn and cob meal. 

 Total dry matter 10.41 pounds per day per cow. 

 Nutritive ratio 1 to 12.2. 



Grams of Nitrogen in 



Cow 1. 



Cow 2. 



Food. 



fl) 57.1 



(2) 50.6 



(.3) 50.6 



(4) 57.2 



Sum 227.5 

 Avg. 56.9 



Urine. 



14.4 

 12.9 

 15.1 

 16.0 



58.4 

 14.6 



Daily gain, grama 10.9 



n.iily loss 



Di,;estibilitv of proteids on basis of N. in wet feces 38.5% 



N. in dry "feces 38.9% 



N. in treated feces 49.8% 



Food. 



(1) 49.2 



(2) 57.5 



(3) 52.9 



(4) 57.5 



217.1 

 54.3 



Urine. 



21.6 

 17.9 

 19.4 

 28.6 



87.5 

 21.9 



Daily gain, grams 6.9 



Daily loss 



Digestibility of proteids on basis of N. in wet feces.. . 47.9% 



N. in dry feces 48.9% 



N. in treated feces 61.1% 



* Slight error in sampling. Does not affect the results. 



