342 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Second week, thirty-five pounds of oil meal were weighed for 

 each cow, wet and fed same as the shorts, being about four 

 quarts per day. No. 1 gave, in seven days, 87| quarts; No. 



2, 81|; No. 3, 82|. Total, 251^ quarts. 



Third week, thirty-two pounds thirteen ounces of Indian 

 meal were weighed for each cow, wet and fed the same, being 

 about three quarts per day. No. 1 gave, in seven days, 85 

 quarts; No. 2, 84i ; No. 3, 84. Total, 253^ quarts. 



Fourth week, twenty-six and one-quarter pounds of rye meal 

 were weighed for each cow, being about two and one-half 

 quarts per day, wet and fed same as above. No. 1 gave, in 

 seven days, 81| quarts; No. 2, 83i ; No. 3, 78^. Total, 243| 

 quarts. 



Fifth week, forty-two pounds of shorts weighed and fed 

 as before. No. 1 gave, in seven days, 761 quarts; No. 2, 78i; 

 No. 3, 74. Total, 22 8f quarts. 



Sixth week, thirtj^-five pounds of oil meal, weighed and fed 

 as before. No. 1 gave, in seven days, 82 quarts; No. 2, 841; 

 No. 3, 81|-. Total, 247| quarts. 



Seventh week, thirty-two pounds thirteen ounces of Indian 

 meal weighed and fed as before. No. 1 gave, in seven days, 

 86| quarts; No. 2, 89i; No. 3, 84. Total, 2601 quarts. 



Eighth week, twenty-six and one-quarter pounds of rye meal 

 weighed and fed as before. 



No. 1 gave, in seven days, 87|^ quarts ; No. 2, 83 quarts ; No. 



3, 78f quarts. Total, 240| quarts. 



Three hundred and fifty pounds of English and seventy 

 pounds of salt hay were weighed and fed to the cows each 

 week. When the cows were fed on shorts and rye meal, the 

 whole quantity was consumed. When fed on oil and Indian 

 meal an average of fifty-eight pounds of English hay per week 

 was not consumed. 



Cost of feeding three cows two weeks on shorts, $3.15 ; 700 

 pounds English hay, seventy-five cents per hundred, $5.25 ; 140 

 pounds salt hay, fifty cents per hundred, 70c. Total, $9.10. 

 Quantity of milk for the two weeks, 4681 quarts. 



Cost of feeding three cows two weeks on oil meal, $3.15; 

 584 pounds English hay, seventy-five cents per hundred, $4.38; 



