20 THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
No. 4—Queen Sontag, Holstein, age 4 years ; last calf, July, 1891. 
1 
Food Consumed. 
Daily Average, 
llis. 
0) 
—; t£ 
.2 S 3 
Per Ct. 
Fat. 
Weight of 
Animal. 
FEEDING PERIOD. 
Feed. 
eS 
ut 
- X 
>> 
It! 
MH 
Water. 
Q 
Babcock. 
Gravimet¬ 
ric. 
Beginning. 
.2 
’tc 
JS 
T > 
W 
Gain or 
Loss. 
1. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
6 
27.9 
129 
lbs. ozs. 
21 1 
3.34 
3.50 
1002 
1145 
143 
2. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
0 
29.3 
139.7 
21 
7 
3.42 
3.44 
1145 
1170 
25 
3. Wheat bran and oat straw_ 
G 
12 
84.7 
15 
6 
3.53 
3.93 
1170 
1164 
-6 
4. Lin. oil meal and oat straw .. 
4 
19.1 
104.7 
10 12 
3.73 
4.18 
1164 
1160 
—4 
5. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
8.7* 
23.4 
150 
12 
2 
3.20 
3.27 
1160 
1178 
18 
6. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
10.3 
27.1 
160 
16 
3 
3.18 
3.40 
1178 
1214 
36 
7. Indian corn meal and lucerne 
7.3 
29.2 
138.7 
18 
4 
3.02 
3.50 
1214 
1 
1206 
—8 
No. 5—Halite, Jersey, age 9 years; last calf, January, 1892. 
1. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
2. Linseed oil meal, some bran I 
and lucerne.] 
3. Lin. oil meal and oat straw.. 
4. Wheat bran and oat straw — 
5. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
6. Indian corn meal and lucerne 
7. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
8. Indian corn meal and lucerne 
6 
21.1 
99.3 
21 
8 
4.00 
4.73 
750 
857 
107 
Bran 
1.4 
Oil m. 
2.1 
20.8 
94.2 
20 
4 
4.62 
4.86 
857 
848 
—9 
4.4 
7.1 
52.1 
15 
3 
5.12 
5.20 
848 
800 
-48 
6 
11.8 
62.6 
14 
9 
4.47 
5.20 
800 
792 
-8 
8.1 
14.1 
76.4 
15 
10 
4.38 
4.83 
792 
848 
50 
6.4 
19.6 
75.6 
17 
15 
4.27 
4.36 
848 
826 
-22 
10.5 
15.4 
102.3 
18 
5 
4.42 
4.85 
826 
830 
4 
9 
18.6 
84.7 
19 
15 
4.32 
4.20 
830 
838 
8 
No. 6—Pride of the Rockies, Jersey, age 4 years; last calf, Sep¬ 
tember, 1891. 
1 . 
Wheat bran and lucerne. 
6 
20.8 
98.6 
14 
13 
4.14 
4.43 
815 
899 
84 
2. 
Wheat bran and lucerne. 
6 
20.1 
96.6 
15 
1 
4.45 
4.86 
899 
892 
—7 
3. 
Wheat bran and oat straw.... 
6 
8.6 
62.7 
13 
2 
4.68 
4.80 
892 
886 
—6 
4. 
Lin. oil meal and oat straw.. 
3.9 
14.6 
81.9 
12 
11 
4.70 
4.90 
886 
862 
-24 
5. 
Wheat bran and lucerne. 
8.7 
19.4 
92 
13 
13 
4.46 
4.43 
862 
910 
48 
6. Wheat bran and lucerne. 
10.5 
16.5 
94.6 
15 
1 
4.40 
4.78 
910 
888 
_22 
7. 
Indian corn meal and lucerne 
7.3 
16.5 
85.8 
15 
5 
4.03 
3.85 
888 
886 
—2 
8. 
Indian corn meal and lucerne 
9 
17.2 
87.3 
15 
14 
4.02 
3.60 
1 
886 
898 
12 
