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We observe in our nine days’ summary, and still more from the 
daily figures, that the appetite of the cows varied within large limits, 
and that there was a difficulty in getting sufficient dry food within 
them for the purpose of full maintenance or gaining weight ; for we 
observe that the live weight was greater under the hay feeding. 
It will, therefore, be well to reinvestigate the question of live weight 
in averages of shorter periods, in order to reduce the daily variations 
into‘an average which shall give us by inspection an idea of gain 
or loss. We will give the figures on live weight for three days’ 
averages: 
Average live weight in 3-day periods, 
Jem. Meg. The two. 
Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
Reet 7106 e net 718 788 753 
ob SAU ES Yee as | Sy renee 733 812 772 
Sioa cas ich te wig era es 742 816 7719 
Be Ot fe lela Weg ches os TAT 830 788 
HE PO —OCE. SL tes stele sa 8 714 796 755 
BRO yes clk ho y pleas 678 771 724 
OOS Ear ee eer 645 735 690 
RE oh Oh akan s alamo oe ate 648 765 706 
ORGS 6 Bi 02S Bey ae ie apie ee 646 750 698 
Jig C Sa a pean Se 646 750 698 
ae 1 9 i5 st eee HH feito Boy 760 716 
BMH ais whe tag a Ad fina es 686 761 723. 
Bi DEE Eig meaner an i7 700 776 738 
Eee Oye ele» ts by ala tetees 702 784 743 
ret) Lohse wiiet seers 693 772 732 
NOY 7 flO. yin eh SC Re, 700 TT4 737 
BR AO >. costes he as ie Mo nats 722 789 755 
Je Os 0S ape Rio 3S oD 746 815 780 
REL) 152). yo awa 2» his 751 827 789 
An inspection of this table shows us several periods, which may 
be separated as follows : 
Daily Average Average 
dry weight milk per 
- food. per cow. cow. 
PERIOD. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs: 
I. Gaining, Sept. 17-28....... . 21.2 773 9.80 
II. Losing, Sept. 29-Oct. 7...... 7.3 723 8.03 
qd ven, Oct. 8-16... . fixkeen 11.6 701 8.31 
IV. Gaining, Oct. 17-Nov. 3..... 15.2 731 7.94 
V. Greater gaining, Nov. 4-12... 17.5 775 5.64 
We see at once that period II was starvation diet, the natural 
falling off in milk between the periods considered as even, is about 
one lb,, and yet the milk yield nearly keeps up, while in the other 
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