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The average figures gained can be compared with the average 
digestible albuminoid consumed, and with the average water drank, as 
follows : 
PERIODS. 
Digesti- 
ible 
albumi- 
noid, 
lbs. 
Water in 
food and 
drink, 
lbs. 
Milk 
yield, 
lbs. 
Total 
solids in 
milk, 
ozs. 
Average 
fat, 
percent. 
1 
2.39 
47.5 
14.1 
35.5 
5.61 
5 
1.52 
77.5 
15.9 
34.3 
4.94 
4 
1.15 
61.4 
14.6 
32.6 
4.97 
3 
1.06 
41.3 
12.4 
27.9 
2 

0.81 
36.8 
9.0 
25.0 
5!78 
We note that the total amount of solids in the milk indicates the 
influence of the albuminoid fed, and also upon the total yield, and yet 
does not seem to affect strongly the percentage of fat in the milk. It is 
probably a correct deduction, that by increased supply of albuminoid 
the milk flow is increased, and hence the total amount of fat and solids 
in the daily yield. We have had no results of experiments which offer 
decisive indications that in the presence of sufficient nutrition, the 
character of the food changes the percentage relations of the butter 
fat. It is more probable that richness of milk in butter fat is more 
dependent upon the individual or breed relations of the cow than upon 
the character of the food supply. 
Feeding for Beef. 
In an experiment with feeding for beef, we had for subjects the two 
calves purchased on July 14, 1885, as five weeks old, and reported upon 
in 1885. These calves weighed ninety-two pounds each on July 15, 
and "White Face," or Bess, weighing 194 pounds, "Red," or Jess, 161 
pounds on September 7, the same amount of food having been offered 
each during these thirty-seven days, and a slightly larger amount hav- 
ing been consumed by Bess. The figures of increase for various 
periods can be best shown in tabular form, the conditions being alike 
amount of food offered each, and Bess consuming the larger quantity 
of food: 
