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milk, 10,000 lbs.; percentage of fat in milk, 3.6. Ration— 50 

 ibs. corn silage, 8 lbs. hay, 3 lbs. bran, 2 lbs. shorts, 3 lbs. 

 ground rye and oats, 2 lbs. barley. 



No. 29— W. D. Baker, Quincy, N. H. Does not name'breed; 

 average weight of cows, 900 lbs.; annual yield of milk, 5,500 

 lbs.; annual yield of butter, 312 lbs. Rations— (a) 10 lbs. clover 

 and witch grass hay, 10 lbs. corn-stover, 5 lbs. unthreshed 

 barley, 2 lbs. corn-and-cob meal, 2 lbs. shorts, 2 lbs. cotton- 

 seed meal. (6) 11.7 lbs. clover and witch grass hay^ 3.3 lbs. 

 oat straw, 10 lbs. meadow hay, 2 lbs. shorts, 2 lbs. corn-and- 

 cob meal, 1 lb. ground peas, 1 lb. oats, 1 lb. barley, (c) 10 

 lbs. meadow hay, 10 lbs. corn-stover, 5 lbs. pea straw, 2 lbs. 

 middlings, li lbs. gluten-meal, li' lbs. cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. 

 corn-and-cob meal, (d) 10 lbs. clover and witch grass hay, 10 

 lbs. meadow hay, 5 lbs. pea straw, 2 lbs. shorts, 1 lb. gluten- 

 meal, 1 lb. cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. corn-and-cob meal 



No. 34 — H. M. Cottrell, Superintendent Ellerslie Stock 

 Farm, Rhinecliff, N. Y. Guernsey cows; average weight of 

 cows, 1,000 lbs.; annual yield of milk, 6,120 lbs.; percentage 

 of fat in milk, 5.3. Ration — 25 lbs. corn silage, 7 lbs. mixed 

 hay, 4 lbs. corn-meal, 5 lbs. bran, i lb. oil-meal, i lb. cotton- 

 seed meal. 



No. 45 — Geo. W. Sisson, Jr., Potsdam, N. Y. Jerseys; 

 average weight, 800 lbs.; annual yield of milk, 5,000 lbs.; an- 

 nual yield of butter, 300 lbs.; percentage of fat in milk, 5.2. 

 Ration— 30 lbs. corn silage, 12 lbs. clover hay, 8 lbs. wheat 

 middlings, 1 lb. oil-meal. 



No. 46— Smiths & Powell Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Holstein- 

 Friesians; average weight of cows, 1,200 lbs.; annual yield of 

 milk, 12,000 lbs. Ration — 40 lbs. corn silage, 15 lbs. hay, 9 

 lbs. wheat bran, 4i lbs. germ-meal, 1 lb. oats, 1 lb. wheat, 1 

 lb. barley, 1 lb. corn, i lb. linseed-meal. 



No. 49 — Munzo Wilcox, Milford, N. Y. nevons and na- 

 tives; average weight, 785 lbs.; annual yield of milk, 9,200 

 lbs.; annual yield of butter, 373 lbs. Ration — 12 lbs. timothy 

 hay, 1 lb. bran, 1 lb. middlings, 2 lbs. corn-meal, 2 lbs. cotton- 

 seed meal, 40 lbs. skim-milk. 



