Dec. 6th the herd was put on the followuig rations per 

 head: Sanford ensilage, 50 lbs.: mixed hay (largely clover), 

 5 lbs.; bean vines, 5 lbs.; mixed grain, i}{ lbs. 



The ration was the same as had been fed for some time 

 previous, and was continued until the 12th, when the Sanford 

 ensilage was all fed, and the next in order was Southern corn. 

 In each case the corn was cut when the silo was filled. 



Dec. 12, the ration was modified by substituting 50 pounds 

 of the Southern in place of the 50 pounds of Sanford ensilage. 

 No o'her part of the ration was changed, hence any considera- 

 ble change must be due to a difi^erence in the feeding value of 

 the two kinds of ensilage. After feeding this ration for seven 

 days it was decided to increase the grain ration and according- 

 ly from the 19th to the 26th four pounds of mixed grain was 

 fed to each animal instead of the i}£ pounds previously fed. 

 From the 26th to January 8th this ration was still further en- 

 riched by the addition of two pounds of ground buckwheat, 

 and from Jan. 9-13 the grain ration consisted of two pounds of 

 clear corn and cob (no oats being mixed with these) and three 

 pounds of gluten meal. At this point the Southern ensilage was 

 used up, and the Northern field corn came next. This was put 

 in whole and was full' of well matured ears which had kept per- 

 fectly and were as bright as when put in. 



The milk of ten of the cows was weighed and recorded 

 morning" and night as was the total milk for the herd, and in the 

 following table I have arranged the average daily product of  • 

 each of these ten as well as the total for the herd for periods of 

 seven days, and in the same table is shown the daily ration per "■ 

 cow and its cost as well as the amount of milk required to make 

 a pound of butter, and also the cost of a quart of milk and a 

 pound of butter. 



I have given the cost per quart of milk for the best cow and  

 for the poorest; also the average cost for the ten cows whose^' 

 milk was weighed daily, and the average cost of the total -prodi- '■ 

 uct. It must be remembered that this last is affected by the 

 fact that several or the cows had been l6ng in milk, and conse^'n- 

 quently the cost per quart was higher than would. haVe been the' in  

 cas£ with many winter herds, but taken all together the results •'•'.•: = 

 . would represent a very fair yearly average for th'e erVtirie'riiirn-'«'j • 



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