1898.] 



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Dry and Digestible Matter required to produce Milk and Butter 



{Per Gent.). 



Market Cost of Feed Stuffs. 



Wheat bran, 



Chicago gluten meal, 



Mangolds, 



Hay, .... 



Cotton-seed feed, 



$14 00 per ton. 



18 00 



3 00 



15 00 



15 00 



Cost of Feed to produce 3filk and Butter. Average for Six 

 Coivs {Cents). 



Daily 

 Feed. 



100 



Pounds 



Milk. 



Quart 



Milk. 



Pound 



Butter 



Fat. 



Pound 

 Butter. 



Cotton-seed period, 

 Hay period, . 



21.32 

 21.32 



110.6 

 104.9 



2.38 

 2.26 



23.40 

 22.69 



20.10 

 19.33 



Increased percentaf;e cost of cotton- 

 seed over hay period. 



5.2+ 



3.2+ 



The cotton-seed rations slightly increased the cost of the 

 milk and butter. 



D. Average Results from Two Experiments. 



It is thought desirable to bring together the results of 

 both experiments, believing that they will give a fair repre- 

 sentation of the relative values of like quantities of cotton- 

 seed feed and a good quality of hay. 



1. Total Live Weight gained by the Six Coios in Both Experi- 

 ments {Pou7ids) . 



Cotton-seed feed periods, 95 



Hay periods, 166 



