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60. Grades. Average weight of cows, 1,100 lt)S. ; Gibs, oats, Gibs, flax 

 seed, 20 lbs. corn fodder, 20 lbs. straw, 20 lbs. roots. 



61. Grade Shorthorns. Average weight of cows, 1,1.30 lbs. 2 lbs. bran, 

 7 lbs. equal parts by measure of corn and oats, 24 lbs. ensilage, 12 lbs. corn 

 fodder, Gibs, straw. 



62. Holsteins. Average weight of cows, 1,300 lbs.; lib. flax seed, 2 gal- 

 lons equal parts peas, oats, barley, and bran, 30 lbs. corn fodder, 10 lbs. hay, 

 12 lbs. straw, 30 lbs. roots. 



63. Grade Shorthorns. Average weight of cows, 1,000 lbs.; 6 lbs. corn, 

 14 lb, barley, ^2 lb. bran, 1^ lb. oil meal, S lbs. sugar beets or carrots, 2 bushels 

 -corn fodder, with straw ad lib. 



64. Grade Holsteins. Average weight of cows; 1,100 lbs. ; 51/0 lbs. oats, 

 1 lb. oil meal, 21 lbs. timothy and Hungarian hay, 8 lbs. oat and barley straw, 

 17 lbs. turnips. 



65. Holsteins. 7 lbs. equal parts oats, corn and peas, .j2 lbs. of mixture 

 made up of equal parts hay, pea straw and other straw, cut and mixed with 

 ensilage in proportion of 4 to 5, 20 lbs. roots. 



66. Grade Ayrshires. Average weight of cows, 750 lbs. ; 4 to 6 lbs. bran 

 and oil meal in proportion of 5 to 2 by weight, 35 lbs. ensilage, 5 lbs. hay, 

 4 lbs. straw. 



67. Ayrshires. Average weight of cows, 1,000 lbs. ; G lbs. mixed black 

 barley, peas, and oats, 40 lbs. ensilage, 6 lbs. hay, 25 lbs. roots, with some 

 straw. 



68. Grade Shorthorns and Holsteins. Weight of cows, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs. ; 



4 lbs. bran, 4 lbs. oats, 2 lbs. barley, 50 lbs. ensilage, with oat straw ad lid. 



69. Cross-bred Ayrshires and Shorthorns. Average weight of cows, 800 

 lbs. ; 8 to 10 lbs. equal parts, by measure, of peas and oats, mixed with equal 

 weight of bran, 20 lbs. ensilage, 15 lbs. turnips, 2 bushels chaff, with straw 

 ■ad lib. 



70. Ayrshires. Average weight of cows, 850 lbs. ; 2 lbs. oil meal, 5 lbs. 

 mixed oats and barley, 15 lbs. hay, 5 lbs. chaff, 4 lbs. straw, 15 lbs. roots. 



71. Grade Shoi^thorns. Average weight of cows, 1,100 lbs. ; 7 lbs. bran, 



5 lbs. mixed oats and peas, 35 lbs. ensilage, 3 lbs. chaff, 6 lbs. straw,, 15 lbs. 

 roots. 



72. Shorthorn Grades. Average weight of cows, 1,100 lbs.: 10 lbs. oats, 

 3 lbs. peas, 25 lbs. corn fodder, 30 lbs. mangels, with straw ad lib. 



A fairly well-balanced ration, though containing a large amount of meal. 



73. Shorthorns. Average weight of cows, 1,200 lbs.; 12 quarts equal 

 parts bran and oats, with all they can eat of cut corn fodder, ys; straw, -/s. 



74. Grade Shorthorns. Weight of cows, 1,000 to 1,200 lbs. ; 6 to 10" lbs. 

 equal parts, by weight, of peas, oats and barley, 30 lbs. ensilage, 3 lbs. timothy 

 hay, 14 lbs. straw, 10 to 12 lbs. mangels. 



75. Grade Jerseys. Weight of cows, 800 to 900 lbs.; a mixture of cut 

 corn stalks, with ears on, and cut sheaf oats and barley, all the cows can eat, 

 with one feed clover hay and V3 bushel mangels. 



Discussion or some Rations fubnished in Report. 

 For the purpose of comparing some of the rations used by Ontario dairy- 

 men with the German and American standards, a few of the more definite 



