103 



Eighth week, twenty -six and one -quarter pounds of Rye 

 meal weighed and fed as before. 



No. 1 gave in seven days 78 1-2 quarts 



No. 2 " " " 83 " 



No. 3 " " " 78 3-4 " 



Total 240 1-4 quarts 



Three hundred and fifty pounds of English and seventy 

 pounds of salt hay were weighed and fed to the cows each 

 week. When the cows were fed on shorts and rye meal, 

 the whole quantity was consumed. When fed on oil and 

 Indian meal an average of fifty-eight pounds of English 

 hay per week was not consumed. 



Cost of feeding three cows two weeks on shorts $3 15 



750 lbs. English hay, 75 per hundred, 5 62 1-2 



140 " Salt " 50 " " 70 00 6 32 1-2 



9 47 1-2 



Quantity of milk for the two week, 468 1-2 quarts 



Cost of feeding three cows two weeks on Indian 

 Meal, f 3 15 



692 lbs. English hay 75 per hundred, 5 18 

 140 " Salt " 50 " " 70 



5 88 



Total ^9 03 



Quantity of milk for the two weeks, 499 quarts. 



Cost of feeding three cows two weeks on Indian 



Meal, $S 45 



602 bis. English hay, 75 per hundred, 562 1-2 



140 " Salt '* 50 « " 70 588 



Total , ^ ^903 



