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range a weak stomach. The following table from Becquerel and 

 Vernois gives the results of dry and succulent food on the amount 

 of the different proximate principles in the milk. 



The decrease of the solids but especially of the casein, sugar, 

 and salts is very marked in the cow on poor winter feeding. In 

 the goat fed on beets alone the increase of sugar and decrease of 

 other solids is striking. 



To the same effect speaks the following table giving the results 

 of an experiment with a ration of corn and cob meal, in contrast 

 with one of sugar meal. Each cow had a common ration of 12 

 lbs. corn fodder and 4 lbs. clover hay, in addition to the test diet 

 which was 12^ lbs. corn and cob meal in the one ease, and 10 

 lbs. sugar meal in the other. To avoid the misleading effects of 

 a sudden transition from one food to the other, each special ration 

 was fed for seven days before the commencement of each test 

 period. 



