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to each cow twice a day. About 0.75 ounce of salt was mixed 
with the grain at each feeding. About 40 pounds of water 
were added to the grain at each feeding, making a very wet 
feed, the cows drinking it. This is the usual method of feeding 
grain to cattle in southern China. The cows were fed four 
times a day all they could consume of a mixture of green 
grasses, cut along the canal dikes or from the college campus. 
The amount of grass eaten daily by each cow varied from 40 
to 60 pounds. 
The milk of the native yellow cow is rich in fat, averaging 
about 8 per cent. No analysis has been made of this milk for 
constituents other than fat. 
Table V. — Milk produced by buffalo cow 2. Average fat for lactation 
period, 11.80 per cent. 
[Freshened January 28, 1917. Lactation period ended September 30, 1917.] 
Month. 
Morning. 
Afternoon. 
For 24 hours. 
Aver- 
age 
fat. 
Total for month. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
lbs. 
P. ct. 
lbs. 
P. ct. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
P. ct. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
February 
2.7 
8.8 
2.3 
13.8 
5.0 
0. 541 
10.9 
140 
15.26 
March 
2.7 
9.0 
1.1 
13.0 
4.0 
0.474 
10.1 
124 
13. 64 
April.. .. .. 
3.3 
10.0 
2.8 
15.1 
6.1 
0.753 
12.2 
183 
22. 57 
May 
2.0 
9.0 
1.9 
13.1 
4.1 
0.447 
10.8 
127 
13. 72 
June 
2.75 
9.00 
2.25 
13.5 
5.0 
0.451 
9.0 
150 
13. 50 
July _ _ _ 
2.5 
10.5 
2.2 
12.6 
4.7 
0. 539 
11.5 
148 
16.75 
August _ . 
2.0 
11.0 
1.5 
14.2 
3.5 
0.432 
12.2 
109 
13. 45 
September ... 
1.8 
11.6 
1.2 
14.4 
3.0 
0.372 
12.4 
90 
11.16 
Totals for eight months 
1 
1,071 
120. 05 
Table VI . — Milk produced by buffalo cow 3. Average fat for six months, 
12.95 per cent. 
[Freshened October 20, 1916. Lactation period ended June 28, 1917. Records began January 
1, 1917.] 
Month. 
Morning. 
Afternoon. 
For 24 hours. 
Aver- 
age 
fat. 
Total for month . 
Milk. 
Fat. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
Milk. 
Fat. 
lbs. 
P. ct. 
lbs. 
P. ct. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
P. ct. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
January . .. 
2.0 
11.8 
2.7 
13.8 
4.7 
0.606 
12.8 
145.7 
17. 45 
February. ... . 
2.3 
12.0 
1.5 
14.0 
3.8 
0.486 
12.6 
106.4 
13.40 
March _ _ 
2.3 
13.2 
1.1 
15.4 
3.4 
0.473 
14.0 
105.4 
14. 76 
April 
2.1 
12.2 
1.2 
14.2 
3.3 
0.436 
13.3 
99.0 
13. 16 
May ... ._ 
1.9 
13.5 
1.3 
14.5 
3.2 
0.444 
13. 90 
99.2 
13.79 
June 
1.9 
12.2 
0. 75 
13.0 
2.65 
0.322 
12.2 
79.5 
9. 70 
Totals for six months . 
635.2 
82.26 
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