48 



TABLE XIV. AVERAGE LIVE-WEIGHT PER COW FOR EACH 

 LOT (IN LB.). 



month, however, gained 14 Ib. It is necessary to mention 

 this fact, otherwise it might be concluded that the loss in 

 live-weight in lot I. was due to insufficient food, which was 

 certainly not the case. It will be observed that the cows in 

 lot II. also lost weight on the average during the first month. 

 This again is due to one cow (No. 86). Had it not been for 

 this, the average increase in lot II. would have been greater 

 than it is. It may be pointed out that an average gain of 

 25 Ib. only was hardly sufficient to make good the loss on the 

 heavy feed supplied to this lot. 



The figures in Tables X. and XI. suggest that there may 

 be a connection between the gain or loss in live-weight and 

 the milk produced by the cows. It has been shown that both 

 lots of cows lost weight during the first month of the experi- 

 ment. On looking at Table X. it will be seen that the total 

 quantity of milk gradually went down during that period. 

 During the second and third month, when the cows in both 

 lots were improving in live-weight, there is an increase in the 

 mild yield in both lots also, the increase in lot I. being the 

 more striking. But in neither lots is the increase altogether 

 consistent, and the connection between the two points is 

 perhaps more apparent than real. 



Similarly, on looking at Tables XI. and XII., it will be 

 noticed that during the first month, when both lots of cows 

 were losing weight, the quality of the morning milk especially 

 is poorer, on the whole, than during the two succeeding 

 months, when both lots were gaining weight. This experi- 



