1898.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



95 



Dry and Digestible Matter required to produce Milk and Butter 



(Per Cent.). 



Market Cost of Feed Stuffs. 



Wheat bran, $14 00 per ton. 



Chicago gluten meal, . . . . 18 00 " 

 Mangolds, ...... 3 00 " 



Hay, 15 00 " 



Cotton-seed feed, 15 00 " 



Cost of Feed to produce Milk and Butter. Average for Six 



Cows (Cents). 



The cotton-seed rations slightly increased the cost of the 

 milk and butter. 



D. Average Eesults from Two Experiments. 



It is thought desirable to brino; too:ether the results of 

 both experiments, believing that they will give a fair repre- 

 sentation of the relative values of like quantities of cotton- 

 seed feed and a good quality of hay. 



1. Total Live Weight gained by the Six Cows in Both Experi- 

 ments (Pounds). 



Cotton-seed feed periods, ...••• 95 

 Hay periods, ......... 166 



