New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPRPRIMENT STATION: 15 
over one-half pound per day, was reduced to about one-third as 
much after the change in the ration. 
TABLE III.—A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF ToTAL NUTRIENTS. 
. Sa AVERAGE PER 
PER 1000 Las. LIVE WEIGHT. DAY PER Cow. 
Total Digest- 

aizeat-..1.- thie Fuel Nutri ) milk | Fat in 
; pro- value. ield. milk. 
ene, | tein. Sapa 
Lbs. Lbs. Cat. Lbs. Lbs. 
o Before| 16.2 | 2.23 |32,320) 1:7.0 | 22.0 -91 
an 
& After | 14.6 | 2.18 |29,075| 1:6.5 | 20.8 .87 
3 
; Fa 
Average of 263 rec-| & Approxi- | Dry Dry ible dr 
ords from cows! 3... mate cost) matter | matterin | matter in 
averaging 4.9 a Fat in of food | in food | food for fod aoe 
é raging x. 2» milk. for one | for one one Ib. each tb 
yrs. old and 5.7] &3 Ib. of | Ib. of} | ofmilk | of mitk 
months in milk. : n tes Soa ROSE solids. 
me 
mo 
im SS Sere g Pra a ee Gl Peers) Sa 
3 00 
x rm Per ct. Cts. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
he Before) 4.1 SpA ae 7.9 5.2 
ma 
fo) 
gc, After 4.2 Jipttee 1. 7.5 5.0 


THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL NUTRIENTS AND OF PROTEIN BUT 
LITTLE CHANGED. 
On the average for 39 records, in each of which but little 
change in the amount of total nutrients and of the protein was 
made, there was slightly less than the usual shrinkage of the 
milk yield. There was a moderate rate of gain in weight before 
and after the change of ration. 
