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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



2. Average Dry and Digestible Matter Consumed Daily {Pounds) , 



These figures show very slight variations. 



3. Total Milk and Butter Yields (Pounds) , 



Milk. 



Milk Solids. 



Milk Fat. 



Butter. 



Cotton-seed period, 

 Hay period, . 



Percentage increase hay over cotton-seed, 



5867 

 5933 

 1.1-f 



823.5 

 826.3 

 .34+ 



290.4 

 281.1 

 3.2— 



338.8 

 328.0 

 3.2- 



These variations can be reajarded as within the limits of 



experimental error 



The 4.6 percentage increased cost of butter in the hay 

 period is due to the rather unexpected results in the first 

 experiment. 



5. Dry and Digestible Matter required to produce Milk and Butter. 

 I, Dry Matter (Pounds). 



100 



Pounds 



Milk. 



Pound 



Milk 



Solids. 



Pound 

 Butter Fat. 



Pound 

 Butter. 



Cotton-seed period. 

 Hay period. 



112.9 

 112.6 



22.79 

 23.72 



19.56 

 20.37 



