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satisfactory in this experiment, five cows receiving one ration 

 at the same time fonr were receiving the other, and vice versa. 

 These were the only animals at the time that were in sni table 

 condition. 



These two rations differ only in that -i ponnds of corn meal 

 took the place of a like amonnt of glnten feed. 



Areracie Drt/ and Digestible Nutrients in Daily Rations (Ponnds). 



In the so-called low-protein ration the herd received snhstan- 

 tially 2 ponnds of digestible protein daily; in the high-protein 

 ration this was increased .4 of a ponnd. The total digestible 

 nntrients fed were the same in each case. The cows averaged 

 970 to 900 ponnds in live Aveight during the two halves of the 

 experiment. In the low-protein ration the amonnt of protein 

 fed was sufficient to give satisfactory results. 



