FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH MILCH COWS. 



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TEMPERATURE OF STABLE AND YIELD OF MILK FOR EACH COW PER 



WEEK. 



Periods.* 



Yield of Milk per Cow. 



o o 



o 6 



oz 









Lbs. 



Lbs. 



147.0 



131.3 



155.3 



137.1 



154.7 



135.1 



160.8 



138.3 



162.5 



135.6 



158.6 



134.6 



155.5 



136.7 



150.6 



128.0 



150.0 



123.6 



o o 1 



I. Dec. 3 to Dec. 21. 



First week 



Second week 



Third week — .... 



II. Dec. 22 to Jan. 11 



First week 



Second week 



Third week 



III. Jan. 12 to Feb. 1 



First week 



Second week 



Third week 



Deg. 



44 

 38 

 49 



51 

 49 

 35 



43 

 42 

 41 



Lbs. Lbs. 



92.4 

 91.9 

 96.4 



93.3 



93.4 

 92.0 



99.1 

 92.4 

 91.0 



13S-3 



141.5 



147.8 



144.3 



148-5 



149.6 



139.6 



141.8 



136.6 



140.9 



132.4 



133.9 



143.3 



137.5 



135.6 



131.9 



130.8 



125.0 



Lbs. Lbs, 



372.2 

 384.0 

 394.5 



374.7 

 370.9 



Lbs. 



134.5 

 130.8 

 130.2 



136.6 

 130.0 



358.3! 127.6 



379.9 

 359.9 

 346.8 



129.0 

 125.9 

 121.1 



Lbs. 



412.8 

 423.2 

 420.0 



435.7 



428.1 

 420.8 



421.2 

 404.5 

 394.7 



* In periods I and III cows 1, 2 and 3 received the ration containing gluten meal, 

 and cows 4, 5 and 6, that containing cotton-seed meal. In Period II the rations 

 were reversed. 



