134 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 186. 



Table XXXII. — Total Rations consumed by Each Cow (Pounds) — Con- 

 cluded. 

 English Hay Ration. 



The above tables show that the average cow on the alfalfa ration con- 

 sumed 10.6 pounds of alfalfa and 10.7 pounds of hay, or 21.3 pounds of 

 roughage, and in addition, 2 pounds of bran and 5.8 pounds of corn-and- 

 cob meal; while on the hay ration the average cow ate 21.3 pounds of 

 hay, 2 pounds of bran, 2.8 pounds of corn-and-cob meal and 3 pounds of 

 gluten feed. Different cows naturally varied from this average, depending 

 upon their individual requirements. It was a comparison of ration against 

 ration, and not one single feedstuff against another. If similar rations 

 were used by a dairyman, in case of the hay ration he would be obhged 

 to purchase 2 pounds of bran and 3 pounds of gluten feed for each animal; 

 he could produce the hay and the corn-and-cob meal upon the farm. In 

 case of the alfalfa ration he would find it necessary to purchase only the 

 2 pounds of bran daily, and he could grow the remainder of the ration. 

 In fact, the animals probably would do about as well if the bran were 

 omitted and the corn-and-cob meal correspondingly increased. 



