ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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Table XI. — Giving the Daily Average of Dry Matter and Nutrients Con- 

 sumed and Milk and Butter Fat Fielded from Nov. 19, 1894, to 

 Feb. 10, 1895. 



NAME 



Dry 

 Matter 



DLCKKTIBLK 



Protein C. H. 



Fat 



AV. DAILY YIELD 



Milk 



Per 



Cent 

 Fat 



Butter 

 Fat- 



Betty 20.53 



Dora 22.53 



Beckley 20.08 



Tricksey . . . 20.53 



Houston . . . 23.23 



Sweet B. . . . 26.91 



Olive 20.08 



Topsy 31.49 



Lou 2.6.22 



Quidee 23.29 



Lydia 28.34 



Countess . . . 28.37 



Average . 24.30 



1.70 



10.98 



.45 



10.03 



6.7 



.672 



1.87 



12.08 



.49 



15.02 



6.3 



.949 



1.63 



10.72 



.43 



13.44 



■ 5.6 



.761 



1.70 



10.98 



.45 



16.87 



4.9 



.825 



1.98 



12.44 



.51 



25.00 



5.6 



1,406 



2.25 



14.50 



.58 



30.81 



4.8 



1,490 



1.63 



10.72 



.43 



27.26 



3.8 



1.050 



2.64 



16.92 



.69 



44.39 



3.7 



1.656 



2.14 



14.10 



.55 



38.01 



3.7 



1.410 



1.90 



12.42 



.50 



25.55 



3.5 



.908 



2.39 



15.22 



.62 



32.02 



3.4 



1.087 



2.38 



15.28 



.61 



45.27 



2.4 



1.094 



2.01 



12.03 



.53 



26.96 



4.1 



1.109 



The cows received rations ranging in dry matter from 20.08 pounds to 

 31.49 pounds and averaged 24.30 pounds, being practically the average 

 given by the feeding standards, though none of the standards were used 

 in making up the rations, the cows' feeding capacity being the only guide. 

 The protein provided ranged from 1.67 pounds to 2.64 pounds and aver- 

 aged 2.01 pounds, and judging from the uniformity of the flow of milk, 

 the rations provided the nutrients needed in every case. Had the cows 

 been fed the amount of protein prescribed by the Wloff-Lehmann standard 

 it would have required a daily average of 2.88 pounds. The carbohydrates 

 and ether extract provided by the rations are also very near the amount 

 fixed by the feeding standards. The concentrates in the rations were for 

 half the time, 6 parts spring wheat bran, 7 parts of ground spring wheat 

 and 1 part linseed meal, and half the time 6 parts bran, 4 of barley meal 

 and 3 of corn (maize) meal. The roughage was composed of 16 parts 

 timothy hay and 10 parts roots. The ration was fed in the proportion of 

 14 pounds of grain to 16 pounds of hay and 10 pounds of roots. The nutri- 

 tive ration of the wheat ration was 1:6.7, while the barley-corn ration 



