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equal to half per cent, of live weight of hay, or that one pound 

 of meal is equal, nearly, to 4 lbs. of good English hay. 



Third Trial, — Fed five days on cut hay, . . 16 lbs. 



32 lbs. oat straw, hay value, . . . . 16 " 



2 lbs. Indian meal, hay value, .... 8 " 



Hay value of food, daily, 40 " 



Hay value of five days' food, .... 200 " 

 Cost of five days' food, hay at ^c. per lb., . . $1 00 

 Deduct 5 lbs. hay and straw, not consumed, 

 Milk in 5 days, 50 lbs., .... 



Cost of milk, hay at half a cent a pound, 1.95 cent the lb., 

 or 8.90 cents the wine quart. The hay and straw cut, and 

 given wet; the meal sifted over the hay and straw. This trial 

 seems to show that 2 lbs. of oat straw is not equal for milk to 

 1 lb. of hay. 



Fourth Trial, — Fed five days on cut hay daily 

 Oat straw cut, 32 lbs., hay value, 

 2 lbs. Indian meal, hay value. 

 Hay value of five days' food. 

 Deduct six pounds, not consumed, 



971 



16 lbs. 

 16 " 

 8 " 

 200 

 6 



—194 " 

 97c. 



Cost of five days' food, hay at ^c. per lb., 



Milk in five days, AS-^q lbs. 



Cost of milk, hay at |c. per lb., 1.995 cent per lb., or 3.99 

 cents the wine quart. The hay straw and meal were given 

 dry, and the trial shows that dry hay, straw, and meal, is not 

 so good for milk as when wet. 



February 3, 1852, commenced feeding two cows, one thirty- 

 three months old, fourteen days after calving; live weight, 

 1,000 lbs.; the other thirty-one months old, seven months after 

 calving, not now in calf; live weight, 690 lbs. These cows 

 were fed five days on 42 lbs., or 2-|- per cent, of their live weight 

 of uncut hay, and 50 lbs. of flat turnips daily. 



Uncut hay, daily, . . . . : .42 lbs. 



Turnips, 50 lbs., hay value, 10 " 



Hay value of five days' food, .... 260 " 

 Cost of five days' food, hay at ^c. per lb., . . $1 30 

 Milk in five days, 153.625 lbs. 



