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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Dates of the Experiment. 



Cotton-seed Ration. 



Hay Ration. 



April 8 through April 28, 

 May 11 through May 31, 



Cows 3, 4, 5 

 Cows 1, 2, 6 



Cows 1, 2, 6 

 Cows 3, 4, 5 



Rations consumed Daily (^Pounds). 



Although but three of the six cows received the same 

 ration at the same time, each animal received during the ex- 

 periment the two dirt'ercnt rations for exactly the same length 

 of time. It will be observed that the only difference be- 

 tween the rations consists in the substitution of the cotton- 



