OPEN SHED COMPARED' WITH BARN FOR DAIRY COWS. 
Table 2. — Feed consumed. 
OPEN SHED. 
Cow No. 
Corn 
meal. 
Wheat 
bran. 
Cotton- 
seed 
meal. 
Red- 
clover 
hay. 
Crim- 
son- 
clover 
hay. 
Cow- 
pea 
hay. 
Corn 
silage. 
Miscellaneous. 
1 
Pounds. 
196 
443 
462 
460 
299 
448 
181 
208 
276 
342 
295 
263 
487 
448 
392 
378 
188 
354 
276 
654 
432 
Pounds. 
158 
296 
308 
306 
200 
297 
121 
166 
276 
265 
196 
263 
361 
300 
280 
126 
188 
118 
276 
654 
432 
Pounds. 
79 
148 
153 
153 
99 
148 
GO 
82 
138 
132 
99 
132 
148 
149 
112 
126 
94 
118 
138 
326 
215 
Pounds. 
72 
144 
144 
144 
144 
144 
144 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
405 
445 
445 
445 
208 
445 
208 
363 
""'"423*" 
208 
405 
75 
445 
75 
Pounds. 
2,970 
3,210 
3,210 
3,210 
2,032 
3,210 
2,032 
2,114 
3, 150 
3,198 
1,770 
2,948 
3,090 
3,210 
3,045 
1,870 
1,910 
1,870 
2,995 
6, OtO 
4,325 
Corn stover, 155. 
Corn stover, 81. 
Corn stover, 115. 
Corn stover, 155. 
Fish meal, 63. 
Fish meal, 56. 
2 
• 
4 
7 
8 
9 
12 
14 
i7 
134 
72 
144 
72 
112 
144 
112 
236 
"""236' 
134 
144 
144 
295 
*""22o' 
""22o' 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
26 
267 
27 
100 
295 
424 
354 
96" 
201 
202 
Total 
7,478 
5, 587 
2,849 
2,620 
2,085 
4,691 
01,419 
CLOSED BARN. 
Total. 
164 
360 
362 
297 
206 
276 
213 
236 
343 
264 
214 
252 
276 
263 
317 
265 
174 
204 
358 
533 
319 
164 
360 
362 
297 
206 
276 
213 
236 
267 
264 
214 
252 
223 
263 
262 
177 
137 
163 
297 
533 
253 
82 
180 
232 
190 
103 
138 
106 
118 
145 
132 
107 
126 
171 
132 
205 
88 
69 
82 
149 
267 
128 
134 
'Vis' 
15 
"""124" 
72 
134 
""l2A 
73 
124 
26 
295 
337 
287 
267 
236 
276 
267 
236 
1212 
292 
295 
267 
292 
2 57 
75' 
259 
197 
417 
712 
192 
478 
240 
349 
432 
2,700 
3,010 
2,805 
2,805 
1,770 
2,540 
1,770 
1,770 
2,013 
1,715 
2,065 
3, 150 
3,108 
1,470 
1,455 
""885" 
900 
2,917 
2,475 
3,708 
1228 
73 
""56" 
182 
1361 
5,896 
5,419 
2,950 
964 
3,520 
3,351 
45, 031 
Cottonseed hulls, 138. 
fCottonseed hulls, 138. 
\Bone meal, 31. 
fCottonseed hulls, 45. 
{Stover, 115. 
[Bone meal, 9. 
Dried-beet pulp, 410. 
fCottonseed hulls, 276. 
\Bone meal, 26. 
Beet pulp, 410. 
[Cottonseed hulls, 276. 
{Bone meal, 15. 
[Turnips, 2,655. 
Turnips, 2,700. 
Stover, 102. 
/Turnips, 1,325. 
\Stover, 115. 
Stover, 474. 
Stover, 115. 
1 Alfalfa hay. 
Timothy hay. 
In. the data of Table 1 it will be noted that of the 21 cows kept 
under the two systems 15 produced more milk and butterfat when 
kept in the open shed, while 6 showed a higher production when 
kept in the closed barn. The total production while in the open 
shed was 34,630.9 pounds of milk, containing 1,535.15 pounds of 
butterfat, and that in the closed barn was 31,898.7 pounds of milk, 
