328 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
had a wide nutritive ratio. In the second test the nutritive 
ratio was made to accord with our suggested standard, while 
the protein was slightly above that suggested by this Station 
for animals of the average live weight of this herd. The main 
change in the second ration was the omission of rye meal, ground 
oats, and part of the corn meal, which were deemed relatively 
expensive, and the substitution therefor of cottonseed meal 
and Chicago gluten. The total cost of the first ration was 
15.6 cents, and of the second ration 14.9 cents per cow per 
day. ‘The second grain ration cost four-tenths of a cent per 
day more than the first, while the coarse fodders cost about 
one cent less in the case of the second ration. The average 
milk yield was essentially the same in each of the tests, while 
the yield of butter fat was .o7 of a pound more per day in the 
case of the second ration. (See table ro.) 
Dairy Herd K.— Tests 40 and 42.—Calculated per average weight 
_ of herd (750 pounds). 
























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ae Corn stover, - | 6.6 .63] .39 10.02/21450/17.3| 9.0] 3.0] 6.0 
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Total food, - -  - |46.8 /|1.76| .84 12.95)80900) 8.4)15.6) 5.6/10.0 
3 Second Test. 
Jan. 25 to Feb. 6, 1897. 12 Days. 
( Wheat bran, aoe a Par, | 
Grain, }| Corn meal, - een) tee: g | 
etc. }-Chic, gluten mealii 172 1.79) .57| 3.18)11650/ 2.5) 7.0) 3.8) 3.2 
| Cotton seed meal, 2.2 | 
Corn ensilage, - |28.9) | | 
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se Hay, mixed grasses,| 3.1 
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