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Table IT. — Average Daily Rations for Each Cow (^Pounds). 



First iicriod : both herds, standard ration. 



Character of the Rations and Feeds. — The standard 

 grain mixture consisted of 3 pounds of wheat bran, 5 pounds 

 of ground oats and A pound each of cotton-seed and gluten 

 meals. It is not to be inferred that this so-called standard 

 ration is superior to all other rations, but simply that it was 

 thought to be a safe and desirable ration, and likely to pro- 

 duce normal milk and butter. 



The corn meal mixture was similar to the standard grain 

 ration, excepting that the 5 pounds of ground oats were 

 replaced by an equal amount of corn meal. It is to be 

 understood that the figures given in Table II. represent the 

 average feed consumed daily by each cow in each herd. For 

 example, theoretically each herd in the first period was to 

 consume an equal amount of feed per cow, namely, 8 pounds 

 of grain, 10 pounds of rowen and 12 pounds of first cut hay ; 

 but, because of the individual requirements of the several 



