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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 decrea.se 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 cobmeal in the one case, 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. 



