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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



WEIGHT OF COWS AT THE BEGINNING OE THE EXPERIMENT. 



Cow's number 

 Weight in pounds 



2 



905 



3 

 963 



RATIONS FED DAILY. 

 Ration I. ( Gluten meal, 3 lbs. 



Timothy hay, 15 lbs.; silage, 20 lbs.; mixed gram, 8 lbs. •< Corn meal, 2 lbs. 



/ Bran, 3 lbs. 



Ration II. 



Timothy hay, 15 lbs. ; silage, 20 lbs. ; mixed grain, 8 lbs. 



( Bran, 3 lbs. 



Cows Nos. 5 and 6 received but 6 and 7 pounds of grain respectively. The others 

 received the full ration as given above. 



i Cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs- 

 { Corn meal, 2£ lbs. 



COMPOSITION OF FOODS USED. 



Kinds of Food. 



'- 



Hay 



Silage 



Corn meal 



Gluten meal 



Cotton-seed meal 

 Bran — 



% 



13.2 

 69.9 

 14.4 

 9.1 

 8.0 

 11.7 



% 

 4.4 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 0.9 

 7.2 

 5.9 



% 



5.9 



4.0 



9.3 



33.7 



42.4 



15.4 



% 



29.0 

 6.0 

 1.9 

 1.3 

 5.6 

 8.9 



% 



45.0 



16.6 



69.2 



49.5 



24.2 



54.0 



% 

 2.5 

 1.9 

 3.8 

 5.5 

 12.6 

 4.1 



DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS CONSUMED BY EACH LOT OF COWS PER DAY. 





Ration I with Gluten Meal. 



Ration II with Cotton- 

 Seed Meal. 



Kind of Nutrients. 



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a c 

 Ph-h 1 



Oh 



So 



Phm* 



OH 



■£-^ 



m O 

 hM 



Average 

 during 



tests. 



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Oh 



'£ — 



OJ o 



Hl-l 



— 

 Oh 



So 



H^ 



Oh 



<D o 



HlJ 



ft- 



S-F.2 

 > ~ m 



^*i ™ +j 



Fats 



Lbs. 

 7.0 



40.6 



2.4 



Lbs. 

 6.5 



39.2 



2.2 



Lbs. 



7.0 



40.6 

 2.4 



Lbs. 

 6.8 . 



40.1 



2.3 



Lbs. 

 6.2 



37.2 



2.6 



Lbs. 



6.7 



38.3 

 2.7 



Lbs. 



6.2 



37.2 

 2.6 



Lbs. 

 6.4 



37.6 



2.6 





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