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Careful records have been kept since 1899 of the different 

 amounts of different feeds fed to each cow. From time to time, the 

 ratio of each in the feed has been changed to meet the needs of 

 various animals, but the ration which after twelve years' trial seem? 

 to give the best results appears to be about as follows : 



Lbe. 

 Koughage; Corn ensilage. . 40 



Roots 20 



Cut oat straw. . 6 

 Hay 6 



Meal: For every four pounds of milk one pound of a mix- 

 ture made up about as follows: 



Lbe. 



Bran 600 



Shorts 200 ' 



Gluten meal. . 300 

 Oil cake meal. . 200 



Closely allied to tfhis record of feeding are the records which 

 have been kept of the milk of each cow for the past twelve years. 

 Not only is the weight of milk kept but also the record of its 

 butter-fat content, hence, by allowing the current prices for butter 

 fat and skim milk and taking into account the cost of feeding, 

 the net annual profit or loss of each cow may be found. 



The following are the average returns per cow for the years 

 since 1899: 



