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while the feed ration cost 17.73 cents. The average 

 monthly yield of milk amounted, in the silage ra- 

 tion, to 588.7 pounds per cow, and the feed ration to 



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503.8 pounds. The profit over feed amounted, in the 

 silage ration, to $5.86 per cow, monthly, and in the 

 feed ration to $2.46. 



Putting the results in another form, the following 

 tabulation shows the product per hundred pounds 

 of dry matter. 



A difference of 37 cents in the cost of 100 pounds 

 of milk, or a saving of 9 cents in the cost of a pound 

 of butter, is well worth considering. This illus- 

 trates very pointedly the results of good business 

 methods in feeding. 



ILLUSTRATING THE LOSSES FROM FEED- 

 ING POOR RATIONS* 



While progressive dairymen know the importance 

 of good feeding, yet the rations used by many show 



*BuIl. No. 137, N. J. Exp. Station, by the author. 

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