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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Total and Daily Yields {Pounds) ■ 

 Cottou-seed MeUl Ration. 



Concluded. 



The results secured show that the yields of milk, total solids 

 and fat were practically identical in each period. 



Food Cost of Milk and Butter. 



Character of Ration. 



Total Food 

 Cost of 

 Milk. 



Cost of One 



Hundred 



Pounds of 



Milk. 



Cost of One 

 Pound of 

 Butter. 



Blood meal, 



Cotton-seed meal, 



Percentage increased cost when blood meal was fed, 



$29 00 

 28 18 



$1 04 

 1 02 

 2.00 



$0 177 



169 



6.00 



The milk and butter produced by the blood meal ration cost 

 slightly more than that produced bj^ the cotton-seed meal ration. 

 This was due to the fact that 1.13 pounds of blood and 1 pound 

 of hominy cost 4.2 cents, as against 3.26 cents, the cost of 2.25 

 pounds of cotton-seed meal. 



Dry and Digestible Matter required to produce Milk and Butter 



(Pounds). 



Hay was figured at $15; bran, $22; hominy, $24; cotton-seed meal, $29; and blood, $55 

 a ton. 



