VALUES OF VARIOUS NEW FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS 
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Table 16. — Comparative results of feeding hydroly zed sawdust and corn meal (Cows 
227 and 459 compared with Cows 416 and 257) — Continued. 
Corn-meal groups 
Period 
Cow 
No. 
Quantity of feed 
Yield 
Gain 
Grain 
mixture 
Alfalfa 
hay 
Corn Corn 
silage meal 
Milk 
Butter- 
fat 
in body 
weight 
First period -j 
416 
257 
227 
459 
Pounds 
456.0 
634.4 
303.7 
435.5 
Pounds 
346 
526 
524 
353 
Pounds 
1,706 
2,252 
2,305 
1,801 
Pounds 
87.2 
119.8 
58.2 
80.4 
Pounds 
1, 123. 3 
2, 119. 7 
1, 022. 5 
947.4 
Pounds 
57. 56 
77.13 
36.16 
55.16 
Pounds 
47 
30 
3 
Total 
: 1,829.6 
1,749 
8,064 | 345.6 
5, 212. 9 
226. 01 
99 
Table 17. — Amount of feed consumed for each pound of butterfat produced in 
experiment reported in Table 16 1 
Group 
Grain 
mixture 
Alfalfa 
hay 
Corn 
silage 
Saw- 
dust 
Corn 
meal 
Pounds 
8.03 
8.10 
Pounds 
8.50 
7.74 
Pounds 
39.22 
35.68 
Pounds 
5.19 
Pou nds 
1.53 
-.07 
.76 
3.54 

-.05 
.39 
.63 
1 Comparing the two groups, 1.53 pounds corn meal are equal to 1.16 pounds corn meal plus 5.19 pounds 
sawdust. Therefore, 0.37 pound corn meal equal 5.19 pounds sawdust, and 1 pound corn meal equals 14 
pounds sawdust. 
2 Excess nutrients received by sawdust groups, 0.97 pound, which is equivalent to 1.16 pounds corn meal. 
Table 18. — Comparative results of feeding hydrolyzed sawdu st and cornmeal (Cows 
227 and 459 compared with Cows 441 an d 257). 
Sawdust groups 
Period 
Cow 
No. 
Quantity of feed 
Yield 
Gain or 
loss(— ) 
in body 
weight 
Grain 
mixture 
Alfalfa 
hay 
Corn 
silage 
Saw- 
dust 
Milk 
Butter- 
fat 
First period -- J 
Second period. < 
227 
459 
441 
257 
Pounds 
415.8 
377.3 
485.3 
Pounds Pounds 
525 2, 227. 5 
340 ! 1, 849. 5 
404 i 1, 715. 
Pounds 
247.9 
227.7 
244.6 
Pounds 
1, 367. 9 
1, 148. 1 
1,019.3 
1, 587. 3 
Pounds 
45.14 
49.75 
60.33 
60.37 
Pounds 
50 
27 
9 
466. 4 szz i z, it6. u 
323. 2 
—2 
Total 
1,744.8 
1, 791 8, 065. 1, 043. 4 j 5. 122. 6 
215. 59 
84 
Corn -meal groups 
Period 
Cow 
No. 
Quantit 
y of feed 
Yield 
Gain 
Grain 
mixture 
Alfalfa 
hay 
Corn 
silage 
Corn 
meal 
Milk 
Butter- 
fat 
in body 
weight 
/ 
441 
257 
227 
Pounds 
552.4 
634.4 
303.7 
435.5 
Pounds 
405 
526 
524 
353 
Pounds 
1,856 
2,252 
2,305 
1,801 
Pounds 
101.8 
119.8 
58.2 
80.4 
Pounds 
1, 233. 2 
2, 119. 7 
1, 022. 5 
947.4 
Pounds 
69.32 
77.13 
36.16 
55. 16 
Pounds 
22 
Second period. 
{ 
30 
3 
I 
459 
19 
Total 
1, 926. 
1,808 
8,214 
360. 2 5- 322 8 
237.77 
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