New YorkK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 81 
TABLE IX.— THE AMOUNT OF ToTAL NUTRIENTS INCREASED, WITH LITTLE 
CHANGE OF PROTEIN. 
AVERAGE PER 


PER 1000 LBs, LIVE WEIGHT. Day PER Cow. 
Total A 
_ | Digest- 2 
digest | “iple | Fuet | N&erl | yuk | Fatin 
ganic pro- value. ratio. yield. milk. 
matter, | ‘ein. 
te ee ee | BS La a a at a 7 
3 Lbs. Lbs. Cal. Lbs. Lbs. 
sp Before} 13.9 2.04 |27,985| 1:6.4 | 22.2 -91 
r= 
3 
3 After 15.9 | 2.06 (82,575) 1:7.7 | 22.3 -90 
o pak SS 
= 
— F 
Average of 73 rec-| 3 , Approxi- | Dry Dry one ies 
ords from cows . mt rah oe coat matter yee in matter a 
‘ 2041 ae) atin of foo in food ood for e 
averaging 4.7 yrs. She milk. forone | for one one lb. age {or 
oldand4.6months ; < % lb. of Ib. of | of milk | Ceo ik 
in milk. Q > mill. milk. | solids. solids. 
ree] 
=) a ea I ec 
oe 
- a Per ct. Cts. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
;, q Before ar 1 .70 8 625 4.3 
of 
Fi After 4.0 ua te Ea) 7.5 4.9 
AN INCREASHD IN AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS AND ALSO OF THE PROTEIN. 
The average from 132 records, each of which covers periods 
when this change in the ration was made, gives the data of the 
following table. Less than the usual diminution in milk flow 
followed the change. There was but a very moderate increase 
in live weight under either ration. 
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