FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH COWS. 



123 



YIELD OF MILK PER WEEK FOR EACH COW FOR EACH PERIOD. 





Feeding Periods. 



Week. 



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 First period of three weeks-; 

 with corn silage. 



First 



Second . 

 Third . . . 



First .... 

 Second . 

 Third . . . 



First .... 

 Second . 

 Third . . . 



212.2 

 198.9 

 192.6 



148.9 

 140.5 

 126.5 



158.9 

 155.6 

 154.2 



116.8 

 121.2 



116.6 



171.2 

 170.1 

 162.0 



140.5 

 129.0 

 133.6 





Second period of three 1 

 weeks with soy bean and-^ 

 corn silage. 



1 



603.7 

 174.4 

 173.3 

 169.2 



415.9 

 115.6 

 113.1 

 113.3 



468.7 

 147.5 

 150.8 

 146.0 



358.6 

 113.7 

 120.5 

 101.1 



503.3 

 155.5 

 150.5 

 146.9 



413.1 

 133.8 

 131.8 

 132.6 



2347.4 



r 



Third period of three weeks ■{ 

 with corn silage. | 



I 



516.9 

 174.4 

 169.2 

 159.9 



342.0 

 129.2 

 147.6 



158.8 



444.3 

 148.7 

 146.5 

 110.1 



335.3 

 110.7 

 104.8 



88. 2 



452.9 

 156.6 

 156.8 

 143.3 



398.2 

 133.9 

 135.4 

 119.2 



2147.6 



Average of periods when corn 



503.5 

 553.6 



516.9 



68.7 

 23.8 



503.5 

 70.2 

 25.2 



435.6 



425.6 



342.0 

 46.9 

 16.6 



435.6 

 56.5 

 22.5 



405.3 



437.0 



444.3 

 60.6 

 20.4 



405.3 

 59.2 



20.7 



303.7 



331.2 



335.3 

 45.8 

 16.3 



303.7 

 38.9 

 12.7 



456.7 



480.0 



452.9 

 61.8 

 22.4 



456.7 

 63.9 

 22.4 



3S8.5 

 400.8 



398.2 



50.7 

 18.3 



388.5 

 53.6 

 19.4 



2057.7 

 2202.6 



Soy bean and corn silage 





2147.6 







287.6 



Butter fat 





101.2 



Third period when corn silage 

 was fed, milk 





2057.7 



Solids 





285.8 



Butter fat 





100.4 









♦Gertrude omitted from totals. 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS IN THE FEEDING EXPERIMENT WHERE MIXED 

 SOY BEAN AND CORN SILAGE WAS COMPARED WITH CORN SILAGE. 



Yields per period of 3 weeks. 



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cc a 



Milk 



Pounds. 

 2203 



Pounds. 



205S 

 2S6 

 100 



Pounds. 

 2148 



Milk solids 



288 



Butter fat 





101 









