ON FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 



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SUMMARY OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEED ON THE 

 COMPOSITION OF MILK. 



NELLIE MAY. 



■Breed, grade Ayrshire; age, 4 years; dropped last calf Feb. 

 1, 1884. 



Tear and 

 Month. 



Daily 



Yield of 



Mills. 



Composition of Milk. 



Toffll 



Solids, 



Solids 

 not 

 Fat. 



1884. 



April 8, 

 11, 

 H, 

 16, 

 18, 

 21, 

 3, 

 7, 



May 



12, 

 20, 

 23, 

 26, 



June 16, 



30, 



July 12, 



22, 



28, 



Aug. 4, 



11, 

 Sept. 10, 



17, 

 30, 



i qts. Indian meal and 

 all she would eat. 



hay 



5^ lbs. meal and 15 lbs. hay, . 



• 6.^ lbs. meal and 17 lbs. hay, 



■ G.^ lbs. meal, 8 lbs. hay and 40 

 "lbs. ensilage. 

 6J lbs. meal, 8 lbs. hay and 40 

 "lbs. ensilage. 

 ' GA lbs. meal, 8 lbs. hay and 50 



lbs. ensilage. 

 '6^ lbs. meal, 8 lbs. hay and 50 



lbs. ensilage. 

 GA lbs. meal, 8 lbs. hay and 50 

 ~lbs. cn.>-ilage. 

 G^ lbs. mcaf, 8 lbs. hay G.J lbs. 



shorts and 40 lbs. ensilage. 

 G.J lbs. meal and 20 lbs. hay, 



31 lbs. wheat shorts, 3j lbs. 

 gluten meal and 20 lbs. hay. 



3:^ lbs. wheat shorts, 3} lbs. 



gluten meal and 20 lbs. hav. 

 3J lbs, wheat shorts, 6^ lbs. 



gluten meal and 20 lbs. hay. 

 GJ lbs. shorts, G.\ lbs. gluten 



meal and 20 Ibs.'hay. 

 3i lbs. shorts, 3^ lbs. gluten 



meal and 20 lbs. hay. 



15 lbs. 



15 " 



15 " 

 14 " 

 14 " 



14 " 



16 " 



16 " 



15 " 

 15' " 

 15 " 

 15 " 



20 " 



18 " 



19 " 

 19 " 

 18 " 



17J " 



17 " 



15 " 



12 '« 



14 " 



87.57 

 87.18 

 87.09 

 87.33 

 87.65 

 87.02 

 87.00 

 87 09 



87.43 

 87.39 

 87.19 

 87.37 



86.89 



87.20 

 87.11 

 86.73 

 86.49 



86.77 

 86.75 



85.18 



85.04 

 85.92 



12.43 

 12.82 

 12.91 

 12.67 

 12.35 

 12.98 

 13.00 

 12.91 



12.57 

 12.61 

 12.81 

 12.63 



13.11 



12.80 

 12.89 

 13.27 

 13.51 



13.23 

 13.25 



14.82 



14.96 

 14.08 



3.71 



3.82 

 3.87 

 3.56 

 3.97 

 3.99 

 3.81 

 3.91 



3.86 

 3.80 

 3.68 

 3.68 



3.81 



3.83 

 3.86 

 3.61 

 4.01 



4.01 

 4.06 



4.59 



4.36 

 4.45 



8.72 

 9.00 

 9.04 

 9.11 

 8.38 

 8.99 

 8.19 

 9.00 



8.71 

 8.81 

 9.13 

 8.95 



9.30 



8 97 

 9.03 

 9.56 

 9.50 



9.22 

 9.19 



10.23 



10.60 

 9.63 



