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more than an average cow. With the grain ration 

 given them, they had greatly shrunken on the pasture 

 by August 8th, while the three tied up for the same 

 period gained considerably. The indications from 

 the experiment are: that the average cow will eat 

 seventy-five pounds of green food a day kept in the 

 stable, with a grain ration added; that cows fed on 

 oats, peas, clover, and corn, fed green in the stable in 

 midsummer, will give more milk than when feeding 

 on a good blue-grass pasture; that a cow fed on 

 green feed in stable darkened and well ventilated 

 will gain in weight more than she will in a well- 

 shaded pasture; that a cow will respond more 

 readily to a well-balanced ration of grain while eat- 

 ing green feed, than she does on dry feed. An acre 

 of oats and peas cut green weighed twenty-four 

 tons, and an acre of corn and oats cut green 

 weighed thirty-three tons. It is not necessary to 

 cut green feed oftener than twice a week, if it is 

 spread to avoid heating. " 



