AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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TABLE XIV. 



WEIGHT OF COWS. WEIGHT GAINED. WEIGHT LOST. MILK, SOLIDS AND FAT 

 PRODUCED BY EACH COW (POUNDS.) 





o 

 Q 



'3 



60 



33 







^ 



s 



on 



o 



GO 



03 



Period I. 



(Wheat nieal.) 

 21 clays. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 6 



830 

 930 



sso 



830 

 S59 



5 

 15 



8 



5 



15 



336 



437.37 

 469.37 

 3S9.50 

 360.75 



45.26 

 60.32 



58.77 

 50.17 

 53-58 



14.58 



19.73 

 17.65 

 17.05 

 18.32 







28 



20 



1,992.99 

 1,656.99 

 19.73 

 322.25 

 421.00 

 455.37 

 340.87 

 359.62 



268.10 



222.84 



2.65 



43.54 



59.40 

 5S.11 

 45. S8 

 54.57 



87.33 









72.75 













.87 



Period II. 



(Corn meal.) 



21 days. 



1 

 2 



3 



1 

 6 



835 

 945 



875 

 815 

 867 





IS 



30 



20 



6 



2 



14.15 

 19.62 

 17.09 

 15.58 



19.02 









76 



1,899.11 

 1,576.86 

 IS. 78 

 386.25 

 416.50 

 287.50 

 339.75 



261.50 

 217.96 

 2.60 

 55.99 

 55.39 

 41.17 

 52.84 



85.46 











71.31 











19 



.85 



Period III. 



(Wheat meal.) 



21 days. 



2 



3 



4 

 6 



915 



S55 

 804 

 865 



10 

 5 



10 



18.88 

 17.78 

 15.32 



18.66 







25 



19 



1,430.00 

 17.03 



205.39 

 2.45 



70.44 









.84 















Conclusions drawn from the foregoing data. 



1st. Wheat meal pound for pound furnishes more food than corn 

 meal, noticeably more digestible protein. Table X. 



2nd. When wheat can be bought at about the same price as corn 

 it is a more economical grain to buy. 



3rd. It is more valuable than corn to feed with hay or such 

 grains as barley and oats because richer in protein. 



4th. When fed to milch cows in the proportions given in this 

 experiment it produced as much milk and greater gain in flesh, as 



