164 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
division are those in which the calories were increased in the 
recommended rations, in the middle division are those in which 
the calories were below 27,000 and were decreased in the 
recommended rations, and in the third division are those in 
which the calories were above 27,000 in the original rations, 
and were decreased in the recommended. 
TABLE 78. 
Comparison of Original and Recommended Rations. 
A. Calories increased. 
B. Calories decreased when below 27,000. 
C, Calories decreased when above 27,000. 

























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(A) ‘Table 78, upper division.—With seven herds of eighty- > 
seven cows the recommended ration contained more protein, 
more calories, 1.6 pounds more grain, and less roughage than 
the original rations. The gain in milk is 0.55 pound. 
(B) Middle division.—With three herds of forty cows, the 
recommended ration contained more protein, less calories (calo- 
ries decreased when below 27,000), less grain, and less roughage. 
The average shrinkage in milk is 0.6 pound. 




