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two parts ground oats, and one part each of wheat middlings, lin- 

 seed meal O. P., cottonseed meal, and ground flaxseed. The grain 

 represented 50.3 per cent, of the cost of the ration and the silage 

 32.8 per cent. Of the total digestible nutrients the grain supplied 



30.6 per cent, and the green fodder 55.0 per cent. The extremes 

 in daily average milk yield were 31.9 pounds and 17.7 pounds, and 

 the extremes in average percentage of fat 5.45 and 2.85. 



For the first twenty days of October alfalfa fodder was fed in the 

 the morning, sorghum fodder at night and mixed hay at noon. The 

 mixed grain (No. 35) consisted of six parts wheat bran, three parts 

 gluten feed and one part each of corn meal, wheat middlings and 

 linseed meal O. P. Of the cost of the ration the grain represented 



45.7 per cent, and the green fodder 35.6 per cent. Of the digesti- 

 ble constituents the grain supplied 31.2 per cent, and the green 

 fodder 52.3 per cent. The extremes in daily average milk yield 

 vrere 30.6 pounds and 14.5 pounds and in average percentage of 

 fat 6.10 and 2.80. There was an average gain in live weight during 

 September of 18 pounds and an average loss during October of 18 

 pounds. 



In the following table is given the composition of each [food 

 used during the three months : 



