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last four days the falling off was greater since very little meal was 
taken when it was attempted to adjust the ration to correspond 
with the other periods. | 
=. The milk was carefully analyzed for the last four days of each 
period, giving eight analyses for each period. The number of 
analyses should have been twice this to be fully satisfactory. It 
is interesting to note that while the milk yield under gluten meal 
for three days averaged 26.7 ounces more per day than for the 
previous period with corn meal, yet there was a loss of 1.48 
ounces of fat per day. This confirms what has been indicated 
before, that gluten meal increases the flow of milk without pro- 
portionately increasing the solids or the fat, which, in butter- 
making, is the object sought. With crushed oats the milk fell 
off per day 55.3 ounces, while the fat fell but .72 ounces, and 
the quality of the butter was much better than that made under 
gluten meal feed. Linseed meal failed to give so good results 
as in previous trials, although there was a slight increase in fat 
and a falling off in yield of milk. A part of this effect may be ~ 
attributed undoubtedly to the small amount eaten. 
The milk was submerged for creaming as quickly as possible 
after being milked, and for convenience the skimmings made each 
morning. — 
