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AMERICAN DAIRYING. 



No. 92 Herman Bollert, Canada. Holstein-Priesians; 

 average weight, 1,300 Ibs.; annual yield of milk, 10,000 Ibs. ; 

 percentage of fat in milk, 4. Ration 40 Ibs. corn silage, 5 

 Ibs. hay, 5 Ibs. straw, 41 Ibs. bran, 4J Ibs. oats. 



No. 100 R. Robertson, Howick, Quebec. Ayrshires. 

 average weight, 1,000 Ibs/, annual yield of milk, 8,000 Ibs.; 

 annual yield of butter. 360 Ibs.; percentage of fat in milk, 4. 

 Ration 40 Ibs. corn silage, 7i Ibs. clover hay, 3 Ibs. straw, 

 li Ibs. oats, li Ibs. barley, li Ibs. pea- meal, 3 Ibs. wheat bran, 

 1 Ib. cotton-seed meal. 



TABLE OP NUTRIENTS IN TWENTY-FOUR RATIONS. 



The foregoing table gives the nutrients in the 

 twenty-four rations selected from the 100 in 



