488 



Bulletin 268. 



Live weight of the cows as affected by the different rations 

 As additional check on the value of each ration, all the cows were 

 weighed each year at the beginning of the experiment and at the end 

 of each feeding period. These weights are given in Tables XXIX and 

 XXX. While there was considerable variation each year, after a careful 

 study of the weights it was thought advisable not to draw any conclu- 

 sions as to the effect of the rations on the live weights of the cows. The 

 variations in the weights of the check cows were as large as in any of 

 the other groups. 



Table XXIX. Record of Weight of Cows (1907-1908) 



Group 



A. 

 A, 

 A. 

 A, 



A, 

 A, 



B, 

 B, 

 B 

 B, 



B, 

 B 



C. 

 C. 

 C. 



C. 



c. 



D 

 D. 

 D. 

 D. 



D. 

 D. 



Cow 



Glista Iota 



" . Eta 



Nu 



Brier 



Lady Benton 



Golden Daisy 



Lina 



Glista Mu , 



" Omicron , 



Lily Clyde 



Delia 



Glista Sigma 



Glista Delta 



Alpha 



Zelma , 



Hector's Berta 



Ida Peri 



Glista Epsilon , 



" Lambda 



Theta 



Lassie of Orchard Home 



White Queen 



Garnet Delta 



Dairymaid 



End 



of 



period 



II 



lbs. 

 1165 

 1163 

 968 



1447 

 798 



1200 

 1002 

 1091 



850 

 946 



1247 

 1301 



952 

 811 



1337 



1272 

 1097 

 1281 



891 

 1275 



Remarks 



Dropped at end of 

 first period. 



Took Brier's place at 

 end of period I. 



Dropped at end of 

 first period. 



Took Lily Clyde's 

 place at end of 

 period I. 



of 



of 



Dropped at end 



first period. 

 Dropped at end 



first period. 

 Took Lassie's place at 



end of period I. 

 Took White Queen's 



place at end of 



period I. 



