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fed ensilage alone, this cow rarely drank more than once in 

 two days, and for a month drank an average of only 19 

 pounds of water daily, but took 48 pounds more in her food ; 

 she maintained a very even weight through the trial. Her 

 milk averaged 12.67 per cent, solids, 3,85 per cent, fat and 

 showed 14.5 per cent, cream in test tube. 



(D.) Ninety three-year-old steers were divided into three 

 lots, as even as possible. Lot No. 1 fed 20 pounds hay and 

 3 pounds grain daily ; allowed to run in yard with sheds 

 for shelter. No. 2 kept in warm stable and stanchions, and 

 fed 17^ pounds hay, 15 pounds mangolds and 3 pounds 

 grain. No. .3 fed 85 pounds corn ensilage and 3 pounds 

 grain, in stanchions. Lot No. 3 gained one-quarter pound 

 per head and day more than No. 2, and one-half pound 

 more than No. 1. The cost of food was 5 per cent, in favor 

 of No. 3. 



(E.) Two lots with six milch cows in each, carefully 

 selected as mates, two and two, with reference to age, con- 

 dition, period of calving and milk yield, were fed and 

 treated alike for twelv^e weeks, except that one lot had its 

 long forage dry, and the other had corn ensilage instead. 

 The grain ration was 4 pounds corn meal, 4 pounds wheat 

 bran and 1^ pounds cotton-seed meal. The Lot A received 

 12 pounds cut stover and 5 pounds hay per head daily ; 

 and Lot B, 60 pounds ensilage per day. The milk products 

 were as follows: at the beginning, Lot A, 816 pounds 6 

 ounces per week ; Lot B, 825 pounds 2 ounces. At the close 

 Lot A, 722 pounds 14 ounces ; Lot B, 731 pounds 12 

 ounces. Average for 12 weeks, Lot A, 781 pounds 8 ounces 

 per week, or 18 pounds 10 ounces per day per cow, and Lot 

 B, 774 pounds 10 ounces per week, or 18 pounds 7 ounces 

 per day per cow. The weights of the different animals 

 varied from time to time, but there was no material differ- 

 ence in the two lots. The ensilage was then discontinued 

 and Lot B changed to same rations as Lot A, and after one 

 week's intermission the two were compared for four weeks 

 more : Lot A gave 702 pounds 2 ounces per week, or 16 

 pounds 11 ounces per da}^ and cow, and Lot B, 687 pounds 

 per Aveek, or 16 pounds 6 ounces per day and cow. The 

 quality of the milk of the two lots, tested several times, 



