73 



GliEEX llYE SUBSTITUTED FOR COTTON SEED HULLS AND FOR 



SORGHUM HAY. 



For 3 weeks beginning March 22, 1900, the four cows 

 which had been used in the experiment comparing a 

 farm-grown with a purchased ration, were fed on green 

 rye as a sul)Stitute for the cotton seed hulls and for tlie 

 sorghum wliicli they had been eating during the second 

 period. The grain ration of the second period was con- 

 tinued in same proportions but in greatly reduced 

 amounts. The rye was in full Idoom and rather too 

 old. Excluding the first, or preliminary, week, we 

 find that the result for period III, consisting of 14 

 days, were as stated l)elow : 



Food consumed and milk and butter afforded by 2 cows in I4. 



days from, different rations. 



Ada. 



Gain or 

 Lbs. food in 14 days, loss in 



•weight 







r2 

 CO 



Q 



Queen.... 6^9 

 Rozena . . 

 Hypatia.. . 

 Total. 2 fnws . . 



Cotton seedCotton seed 

 ration. meal ration. 



^3 



*3 ^ C • — 



Milk. Butter.Milk. 



^5 i.= 5^, Lbs. Lbs. Lbi 



o is: 



Lbs. 



Butter. 



Lbs. 



298.9 12 73 

 424.0 13.33 



,,0 \ .. . 50 I 36 -f 8 



73.4 j 83 9 — 32 



783 88 8 i 59 8 — 7 364 8 13 15 



731 52 8 i 35.2 — 14 : 272 9 15 27 . . 



«37 7 28 42 722.9 26 06 



