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Butter, per cent 
of fat figures. 
Hay and bran (9.41 Ibs. albuminoid) ...........-..00. 95.66 
Hay and meal (5.76 Ibs. albuminoid) .............-e05 87.63 
Hay, bran, meal (6.96 Ibs. albuminoid) ..........0.... 97.65 
Hay, gluten meal (12.22 lbs. albuminoid) ............. 74.78 
Meal and ensilage (3.29 Ibs. albuminoid) ........:.... V7 26 
Ensilage (3.69 lbs. albuminoid)...........2.eedeseees 97.54 
In the fat of the milk, reduced to constant water content, the food 
does not much influence the amount of fat, as we have shown before. 
In the butter obtained from this same fat we find a variation between 
the per cents of butter made from the fat of 22.92. 
The teaching of this result is again that under equivalent conditions 
of churning, the character of the food, rather than the composition of 
the food, influences the amount of butter obtained. 
INFLUENCE OF SALT. 
As the cows received two ounces each of salt each Sunday, we have 
the following table to represent its apparent influence: 
Weight of the four cows. 
Morning pre- Morning fol- 
ceding salt. lowing salt. 
SRMUALY, fa( Tissot a hGUR ibys crcvd iy Ge nikeciien eae 2828 lbs. 2878 lbs. 
Wann Aary.. LAs wat seek ey lelrithe's Stee hls pisieeu eae 2875 | Fe Pad eae 
OPUS Ys) Sdeacie Loss peda Wide seek eine 2872 5» Os 
January RSPR IR BRS oe siete reek ae a ae 2783 FE f DBR ress 
Hebenary 4d jks ae oe Sr rr we vel 
Pebraary gl. sii oe Oy Seah e Gch hres wie ieee ea 2826 5b BOS ses 
PAWOLATO!: reac ee ee ee eae Emin 2814 lbs. 2835 Ibs. 
Thus showing that the first effect of salt was to increase the appar- 
ent weight. | 
The Water drank by the cows the evening preceding the giving of 
the salt, and the evening following, and the amount of dry food con- 
sumed the day preceding and the day following the salt is given 
below: 
Weight of water drank. 
Evening be- Evening af- 
fore salting. ter salting. 
BAUR IW ar ve bk thee oe Wa wile pre ete Pe 71.19 lbs. 116.62 lbs. 
HEN ChiT Smeal ee eta italy AB PRN Ld Bg Li AB 137.75" “° 3 Tee ee 
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