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Cut 22.. .Check, Herd F, Gave in One Year 6,812 Tfos. Milk; Average 

 Test, 3.16%; 251 tbs. Butter; Net Profit, $19.30. 



This is a very good ration for it contains a variety of feeds and 

 enough nutrients for cows giving good flows of milk. The dry grains and 

 dry roughage are mixed and in about the right proportion to the amount of 

 corn silage. It is, perhaps, a little deficient in protein for heavy milking 

 cows. 



The second period of the test the cows received no grain. The ration 

 consisted of thirty-five pounds of corn silage, five pounds clover hay, and 

 all the corn stover they would eat. Each cow shrank considerably in milk 

 flow, and the average per cent of fat was less during this period. The 

 cows received the following ration from the first of February until they 

 were turned out to grass: 



