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Table XI. — Results in adding rennet to skim-milk. 



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Lot 1, with 



rennet 10 140 16,120.5 1,149 1,149 2,298 1,990 5,870 1,131 346 9,337 



Lot 2, without 



rennet 10 140 16,496.0 1,149 1,167 2,316 1,816 4,186 780 862 7,644 



Lot 1, with rennet 

 Lot 2, without rennet . 



Aver 



age gains, 



Feed consumed per 100 



pounds 



in pounds. 



gain (pounds.) 





Per 



Daily. 





Rough- 



head 



per head. 



Milk. Grain 



ness. 



193.0 



1.37 



835.25 119.6 



483.78 



let . . 188.5 



1.34 



875.11 122.86 



405.51 



to run with the cows, providing, however, that the latter produce 

 a large enough quantity to pay a man to milk them. 



In the vicinity of creameries, buttermilk can sometimes be 

 had at very reasonable figures, and in order to test both the value 

 of buttermilk and also the feasibility of feeding sour milk to 

 young calves, an experiment was inaugurated, January 21, 1903, 

 in which one lot of calves was fed on buttermilk in comparison 

 with another lot fed skim-milk, the grain and roughness being 

 the same in both cases. These results are summarized in table 

 XII. 



Table XII. — Buttermilk and skim-milk compared as feed for calves. 





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Check lot 10 126 19,841.9 2,101.5 2,101.5 4,203 2,392 5,915 8,307 



Buttermilk- 

 Buttermilk lot 10 126 19,730 2,092.5 2,092.5 4,185 1,790 4,305 6,095 



