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Proportion of total excrement dropped in barn. 



In order to determine what proportion of the manure 

 "W-as dropped in the ))arn and what percentage in the lots 

 during the eight hours that the coavs daily passed in the 

 latter, two cows getting the farm ration and two receiv- 

 ing the purchased foods were kept in the barn for 24 

 and 48 hours after the close of the experiment, the 

 cations meantime being continued without change. 



Solid ci' liquid excrement per cow in 21^ hours. 



The average amount of solid and liquid droppings and 

 bedding per cow was 60.9 pounds per day with the ration 

 containing cotton seed and 84.2 pounds per day with 

 the ration containing cotton seed meal. 



In 1900, with the cotton seed ration, the average 

 amount of solid and liquid excrement dropped per cow 

 in 24 hours (excluding bedding) was 52.3 pounds; the 

 average daily amount of excrement (free from sawdust) 

 collected during the 16-hour stabling x>eriod of each day 

 was only 21.9 pounds. 



