





 *New York Acricurtcran Experiment Sration. 248 ' 
! ormal decrease in the milk yield and an increase in the per cent. 
of fat. There was considerable increase in the cost of milk and 
fat. There was an average gain in weight during July of 14 
pounds and an average loss during August of 17.3 pounds. For 
the first period the greatest daily average milk yield was 40.2 
pounds, and the least 16.4 pounds. The highest average per 
cent. of fat was 5.25 and the lowest 2.92 per cent. For the 
second period the extremes in daily average milk yield were 37.1 
pounds and 17 pounds and in average percentage of fat 5.50 and 
9.55. For the third period the extremes in milk yield were 
