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HATCH EXPERIMENT STi\,TION. [Jun. 



The yields are slightly in favor of the silage ration, but 

 the differences are so small as to have no particular signifi- 

 cance. Had cows May and Doliska remained undisturbed 

 during the experiment, this increased yield would have been 

 more pronounced. 



While the results show that the silage ration produced 

 milk a trifle richer in both fat and solids not fat, the slight 

 difference is without any important signification. 



Drij and Digestible Matter required to jrroducc Milk and Milk Ingredi- 

 ents {Pounds). 



While the results show that in case of the silage ration it 

 required a little less dry matter to produce a definite quan- 

 tity of milk and butter fat, they also show that in case of 

 both rations practically the same quantity of digestible matter 

 was necessary to produce an equal quantity of milk })roducts. 



1 2.25 pounds is the commercial figure allowed for one quart of milk; the theoretical 

 quantity is 2.15 pounds, the excess of .10 of a pound being allowed for loss in handling. 



