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used nearly as much as is given in the feeding standard referred to, but 

 it is probable that they would have done as well if less protein had been 

 fed But including them in the general average, we find that the cows 

 required 05 of a pound of available protein to a pound of tnilk yielded and 

 by leaving Betty and Dora out, the average amount of protein provided 

 daily was 2.06 pounds, the average daily yield of milk 29.85 pounds testing 

 3.9 per cent fat and that the herd returned a pound of milk to .046 of pro- 

 tein being 56.79 per cent of the amount prescribed in the standard. 



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

 sumed and Milk and Butter Fat Yielded from Feb. 11 to April 21, 1895. 



Name of Cow 



Dry 



Matter 



Beckley . 21.19 



Countess . . 29.22 



Houston . . . 25.24 



Lou 27.00 



Olive 21.15 



Reddy 20.94 



Belle 20.56 



Lydia 27.57 



Quidee .... 22.73 



Sweet B. . . 27.00 



Topsy 31.93 



Tricksey . . 19.61 



Average 



24.51 



OIGESTIBEEK 



Protein 



Carbo- 

 hydrates 



Fat 



AVI.KAGE DAILY YIELiD 



Milk 



2.00 



12.90 



.60 



25.23 



Per 

 Cent 

 Fat 



4.07 



Butter 

 Fat 



1.68 



11.10 



.51 



13.17 



5.59 



.736 



2.40. 



15.50 



.72 



41.80 



2.53 



1.061 



2.14 



13.35 



.64 



24.88 



5.3S 



1.349 



2.21 



14.10 



.67 



31.46 



3.6< 



1,154 



1.67 



11.12 



.51 



21.20 



4.12 



.884 



1.69 



11.01 



.51 



14.49 



5.21 



.755 



1.76 



10.89 



.50 



19.38 



4.14 



.803 



2.26 



14.49 



.68 



27.93 



3.57 



.999 



1.85 



11.94 



.55 



25.81 



3.49 



.902 



2.21 



14.21 



.67 



26.09 



5.28 



1.379 



2.59 



16.79 



.78 



40.82 



3.69 



1.492 



1.56 



10.33 



.47 



15.73 



5.34 



.840 



1.029 



Immediately after the close of the experiment referred to, the herd of 

 cows started on an experiment comparing timothy with prairie hay, and it 

 so happened that in this experiment, as in the one preceding it, the rations 

 were arranged without regard to the feeding standard in common use. 

 The cows, Betty and Dora, were not emploj r ed in this experiment for 



