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ing the above amount of mangels in place of the morning 

 feed of grain in the 2nd ration, the cost of each quart of 

 milk was reduced 3-50 of 1 cent. But the quantity di- 

 minished 33.9 quarts at 3 1-2 c. per quart, the decrease in 

 quantity amounted to $1.18-|- while the reduction in cost 

 per quart amounted to $2.14i-{-. By substituting the 

 peck of mangels worth 4 cts. in place of 7 5-7 cts. worth 

 of grain, the actual shrinkage which is all the time going 

 on was offset, and a gain in profit of -f 1.56 was made with 

 the 5 cows on 7 days milk. Our mangels actually cost 

 us but 2 cts. per peck and if I had figured them at that 

 price they would have made a still better showing in the 

 ration. But all other foods are figured at market rates, 

 hence the mangels should be, and the profit of 8 cts. per 

 bushel appears in my accounts where it belongs, viz., Cr. 

 to the mangel crop. Enthusiastic dairymen would rob their 

 crops of all profit, and place them in their rations at cost 

 and thus swell the profits of milk production, but such a 

 course is misleading. The<p,ctual cost of a quart of milk 

 on ration No. 2, was 2.66-|- c. Finding our suppl};- of 

 hay running short and believing that our cows were con- 

 suming more than they could assimilate, we reduced the 

 ration of hay in the 3rd period to 16 lbs. per day. The 

 average cost of a quart of milk on this ration was 2.43-j- 

 c, a saving of 23-100 of 1 cent from the cost of a quart in 

 ration No. 2. The quantity diminished 12 quarts, and at 

 3 1-2 cents per quart amounted to 42 cents, while the sav- 

 ing, resulting from the reduction in cost per quart on 

 what was given, amounted to 94.5 cents. Here is an in- 

 stance where by saving hay, we increased the profit. 

 We cut the hay ration down to 16 lbs. per day on the 

 balance of our cows, and by so doing believe that we saved 

 enough to pay the cost of this feeding experiment many 

 times. We are satisfied that the average cow, if given a 

 chance, will eat more than she can assimilate, and profit- 

 ably convert into milk. At the same time we believe 



