1897.] 



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B. Rations consumed, and Their Effect on the 

 Quantity and Cost of Milk and Butter. 



Avercuje Daily Rations fed to Six Coivs (Pounds). 



Experiment I. 



Experiment II. 



Narrow ration, 

 Wide ration, 



2.83 

 1.92 



10.33 

 10.33 



28.33 

 28.33 



Average Weight of Animals and Total Digestible Nutrients in Daily 

 Rations {Pounds). 



Experiment I. 



Experiment IT. 



Narrow ration, 

 Wide ration. 



2.85 

 1.45 



9.96 

 11.44 



13.46 

 13.42 



1:4.04 

 1:8.85 



The difference between the two rations in Experiment I. 

 consists in the fact that gluten meal high in protein was sub- 

 stituted for corn meal low in protein. In Experiment II. 



