a cow ought to have to produce good results. It does n't pretend 

 to be the only combination from which good results may be 

 expected any more than Hood's cook book pretends to have the 

 only combination of cooking materials which will make cream pie, 

 but it is based on hundreds of practical feeding experiments, and 

 may be accepted by any farmer as a good, safe, practical guide to 

 work by ; and if every milk producing cow in New Hampshire 

 could be fed this winter by this table, there would be an increase 

 of more than one fourth in the milk and butter produced. Now, 

 isn't it worth trying.'' 



ILLUSTRATION SHOWING HOW TO USE TABLE A. 



One or two examples will aid those who want to give this mat- 

 ter a trial : 



Suppose you have a cow whose live weight is 900 lbs., and are 

 feeding for milk. From the table it appears that a i,ooo-lb. cow 

 requires 2^ pounds of albuminoids, and 13-2- lbs. of non-albumi- 

 noids (starch, sugar, oil, etc.) A 900-lb. cow requires y% as much. 

 (2.5 (albuminoids) X 90,0 ^ 2,250.0 -i- 1,000 := 2.25 lbs. albumi- 

 noids required by cow weighing 900; in the same way 13.5 lbs. 

 non-albuminoids X 900 = 12,150.0 -)- 1,000 ■=^ 12.15 1^^- ^^" 

 quired.) Another example : 



Cow weighing 750 lbs. 2.5 X 750 z= 1,875 ~^ 1,000 z= 1.87 

 required. 13.5 X 750 ^ 10,125 ~^ 1,000 1= 10.12 required. 



The rule then is to multiply the amount found in the table for 

 any kind of animal vmder consideration, by the live weight, and 

 point off three places (/. t'., divide by 1,000). 



The live weight of the animal must in most cases be determined 

 by good judgment, but right here let me say that a set of scales in 

 the barn floor is one of the first steps towards successful farming. 

 With this, guesswork gives place to definite knowledge, and 

 farming becomes an interesting occupation. With the means at 

 hand for knowing what is being produced in the field, and what 

 results the fodder produces when fed, a man is in position to make 

 his farm profitable; hence I would say to New Hampshire farm- 

 ers, Get a set of scales, either three or five tons, and use f/icf/i. The 

 last suggestion is far more important than the first. 



