26 STORRS AGRICULTURAL HXPERIMENT STATION. 
The studies of the second herd included tests No. 40 and 
No. 42. ‘The first test began December 28, 1896, and con- 
tinued twelve days. ‘he cows were watered from a trough 
in the manger, but were let out each day for exercise. The 
grain feed was a mixture of eighty parts corn meal, thirty 
parts wheat bran, five parts ground oats, and three parts 
ground rye. Cottonseed meal was fed in addition to the grain 
mixture. The corn stover was cut into inch lengths, and was 
practically all eaten. The same amount of grain feed was not 
fed each cow. Hence it is necessary in the tables to divide the 
herd into two groups. One group, composed of cows Nos. 3, 
4,5, 6, and 7, was fed the grain mixture but once a day, in the 
morning; the other group, cows Nos. 1, 2, 8, and 9g, received 
the grain feed twice a day, thus receiving double the amount 
fed the first group. 
The second test with this herd began January 25, 1897, about 
two weeks after the close of the first test, and continued the 
usual period of twelve days. Cottonseed meal was fed as 
before, but the grain mixture was changed to three parts of 
wheat bran, ten of corn meal, and ten of Chicago gluten feed. 
Just previous to and during the period of the second test a 
malady, which caused a looseness of the bowels, affected a part 
of the herd. For this reason it was necessary to exclude six 
cows from the tests. 
TABLE 3. 
Dairy Ti est No. 4o.— Statistics of Herd K from December 28, 
1896, to January 9, 1897. 


DaILy DaILy PERCENT- DalILy 
























Z a ro ee MILK FLow. AGE OF Fart. YIELD OF FaT. 
4.03 BREED. ‘O ap “i a 
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a = = | Min.|Max.| Avg.| Min.|Max.| Avg.| Min.|Max.| Avg. 
Yrs. | Lbs. | Mos.| Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. % % % Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. 
3) Ridyey == > 84) 725 14 0 3/83..6):12;5) 5.20.56, 5 1 Gel en Oslo serene 
4| G. Jy., « | 12 | 800) -50 113. 0114..4):18.5) 5 61 6:3.1-6.9"% < 7315286 1oG 
5| G.Jy..- -| 9 | 750] 2 |14.7|17.0/ 15,91 5.0/5.5 | 5.2) .76] .o1| .88 
6| G. Jy.,- - | 7 | 725] 4 |15.9]18.6)17,.3) 4.4) 5.0.) 4.7) .76| .90| .82 
mR: Jy =.= |. 7 |O501. 4 11825)18.0116.4).4,85.5.3') Bil! 293) eeonenee 
ae Avge oe Poe 20 a eee OL coal b One | ol ee 
1| G. Jy..-  - | 12 |800] 4 |16.4/18.9/17,7| 4.3| 4.8145) .72| .87| .80 
2| G. Jy..- - | 12 | 800] 2 |19.0/24.7/| 28.3) 4.4/5.514.8| .93/t.36) 1.13 
oa Gy infer eal 5-1 O75) 1 120:2129-3121, 7) avo 5.41 5.1 |1.04,1.17) 1.12 
o| Gi Jy., : - [os 21750) 2-112..411429| 18,7] 5.7 | 5.84°6,5 | c69ee aie 
Begs AN Gees iret car 1 COU ies pies tek OLE co eee 5.0; —|—)| .95 
| Herd avg., - | — | 750] — | — | — |16.9] —| — 52] —| — | .87 





