AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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FOOD CONSUMED, MILK YIELD, WEIGHT OF COWS AND COMPOSITION 



OF MILK. 





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Composition 

 OF Milk. 



First Pekiou— 2S days. 





r-t %^ 



( Cow 1, 



First half, 14 clays, { Cow 2, 



( Agues, 



182 

 182 

 210 



350 

 350 

 350 



98 

 98 

 98 



727 

 753 



847 



407 

 309 

 320 



12.44 

 12.86 

 14.19 



3.69 

 4.14 

 4.54- 



Arillr x'iplrl fiT*t linlf 











1,036 



399 

 338 

 319 



12.38 

 13.13 

 13.S8 





( Cow 1, 



Second half, 14 days ! Cow 2, 



( Agues, 



182 

 182 

 210 



350 

 350 

 350 



98 

 98 

 98 



727 

 763 

 850 



3.57 

 4.00 

 4.56 



Alillr \rif>ld sjpfnnrl linlf 











1,056 

 2,092 



381 

 323 

 305 



12.52 

 13.13 

 13.64 

















Second Period— 2S days. 



( Cow 1, 



First half, 14 days, ] Cow 2, 



( Agnes, 



112 

 112 

 140 



350 

 350 

 350 



98 

 98 

 98 



674 

 720 



798 



3.81 

 4.14 

 4.63 



Milk j'ield first half 











1,009 



334 

 295 



278 



12.26 

 12.92 

 13.70 





( Cow 1, 



Second half, 14 days I Cow 2, 



( Agues, 



112 

 312 

 140 



350 

 350 

 350 



98 

 98 

 98 



670 

 732 



8U 



3.71 

 4.06 

 4.67 













907 

 1,916 



293 

 288 

 237 



12.80 

 13.24 

 14.24 





Total milk yield 













Third Period— 28 days. 



f Cow 1, 



First half, 14 days, ] Cow 2, 



( Agnes, 



182 

 182 

 210 



350 

 350 

 350 



98 

 98 

 98 



716 

 770 

 852 



4.03 

 4.21 



5.00 



Milk yield first half 











818 



317 

 310 

 268 



13.20 

 13.37 

 14.24 





( Cow 1, 



Second half, 14 days < Cow 2, 



( Agnes 



182 

 182 

 210 



350 

 350 

 350 



98 

 98 

 98 



725 

 771 

 840 



4.36 

 4.31 

 4.99 













895 

 1,713 







Total milk j'ield 

















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The testimony of this experiment, as gained from observation of 

 the animals and a study of the figures given in this connection, is 

 unfavorable to the smaller ration of hay. 



The withdrawal of the noon feed of five pounds of hay resulted 

 in (1) a diminished flow of milk, (2) a loss of weight of the 

 animals and (3) an appearance of unthriftiness in the cows. 



