AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



19 



Rations for Two Years. 





Agnes 









Jansje. 



Smit. 



Nancy 



Queen 



Agnes. 





(1-year 



Avon- 



Linda. 







only) 



dale. 







lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



13383 



6275 



12525 



11950 



11600 



18.3 



17.2 



17.3 



16.4 



15.9 



2670 





1648 



2540 



2540 



3.6 





2.2 



3.5 



3.5 



5362 



3075 



4442 



4464 



4130 



7.3 



8.4 



6.1 



6.1 



5.7 



Ida. 



Total bay eaten 



Hay eaten daily (730 days) .... 

 Total ensilage eaten (in 18S9) .. 

 Ensilage eaten daily (730 days). 



Total grain eaten 



Grain eaten daily (730 days) ■ ■ . 



lbs. 



11300 



15.5 



2540 



3.5 

 4093 



5.6 



Note. The cows were in the pasture part or all of about 120 days each year, 

 but they probably had the equivalent of not over 90 full days of pasturage each 

 season. In fact, there were not over two months each year when hay was not 

 fed in the barn. 



Cost of the Food. 



The cost of the food is reckoned at what are assumed to be 



average market values. The reasons for taking such values 



rather than those ruling at the time work is being carried on are 



given in the Report for 1889. It is again remarked in this report 



that the figures thus reached simply show the relative expense of 



feeding each animal and not the actual expense for any one year, 



or any one period of time, or for any particular farmer. These 



figures may be more or less, according to the circumstances of the 



farmer or the ruling market prices, but whatever may be the 



changes in these figures, they will relatively stand the same. The 



table below shows the expense of each animal for each of the 



two years, as well as the average expense. 



Cost of the Food. 





Jansje. 



Agnes 

 Smit. 



Nancy 



Avon- 



dale. 



Queen 

 Linda, 



Agnes. 



Ida. 





$33.21 



8.42 



12.30 



8.36 



$ 31.37 

 3.09 

 13.42 

 13.42 

 2.12 



$ 30.75 



7.12 



11.23 



7.55 



$ 30.75 

 7.29 

 10.77 

 6.70 



$ 30.00 

 7.18 

 10.35 

 5.31 



$ 29.00 



7.36 



10 53 



Cost of cotton-seed meal 2d year — 

















62.29 

 7.00 



63.42 

 7.00 



56.65 

 7.00 



55.51 

 7.00 



52.84 

 7.00 



52.57 









69.29 

 73.-.0 



70.42 



63.65 

 59.89 



62.51 

 63 90 



59.84 

 59.64 



59 74 















71.24 



70.42 



61.77 



63 21 



















It is to be noticed that the expense of feeding a Holstein 

 animal averaging 1,200 pounds in weight is only $11 per 

 year more than the cost of feeding a Jersey animal, aver- 

 aging in weight only about 900 pounds ; or, in other words, the 

 expense of feeding the heavier animals has been only about eigh- 

 teen per cent, more than that of maintaining the lighter animals, 



