A STUDY OF RATIONS FED TO MILCH COWS. 83 

| TABLE 22. 
Dairy Herd No. 9.—Statistics of Herd from Jan. 23 to 28, 1893. 













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Wrs: i lbs.) Mo.) Lbsi-- Lbs) Ebsistg 15g) |= | Lbs. | Lbs. (Lbs 
EpReGy.,} Ir | 925) 4 | 16.0 | 16.8:| 88.7) 4.3.1 4:5 | 4.4) .72 | .76 18:66 
2| G. Gy-, | 9 | 900] 3 | 23.0| 24.1 | 117.4) 3.5 | 4.1|3.8| .82 99 | 4.51 
3) G. Gy., | 10 | goo) 3 | 17.5] 19.4] 98.9) 4.4] 4.6) 4.5] .81 | .89 | 4.26 
4| R. Gy.,| 8 | 925} 2 | 18.9] 19.5 | 96.4) 5.2/ 5.6/6.3] .99 | 1.09 /5.16 
5| Native, | 13 |1000] ro | 16.0| 18.5 | 85,6] 4.4| 4.5 | 4.4) .72 | .83 |8.80 
Opke Gy., |) 4 |-800) 2 | 13.9} 15.0) 71,7)-3-8:| 4.1/4.0] .54 | .60 13.86 
aeeveerys, (525 -\=S350) 2°) 10.3.) Fr.0 $468,0N5.4:155.8 | 5.5 | .56 61 | 2,93 
Bia ay., |: 6 | 80010 | 12:1 }.12,8"|. 62.3} 5.0] 5.406,2 | .62 69 | 3.26 
emoaye he Ap g25|) 8°)'1327 1215:0 | 71, 7)-4.01) 5.0 94.9 | .65 | .74:1 9:60 
ror G. Gy., | 5 | 900], 4.| 8.1-|.5.9 | 28,4) 4:8.| 5.2 | 4.9 | .26 30 | 1,41 
miele Gy., |) 6 ).825) 3 | 10.6) 11:3 | 64.8) 4.4) 5-5 |4.9 | .490 6r 19°71 
b2G.Gy.,) 5 |°900| 3 | 15.9) 17.81 84,5) 4.9] 5:6] 5,1] .80 97 | 4.34 









Pounds of Food and Nutrients per Day per tooo Lbs., Live Weight. 


TOTAL NUTRIENTS AND | DIGESTED NUTRIENTS AND 




y ENERGY. ENERGY. 
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Lbs.|Lbs.|Lbs.| Lbs. |Lbs.| Cal. |Lbs.|Lbs.} Lbs Cal 
Seat.) & - | 7.4) 1.62} .65| 3.81] .22/13240|)1.20} .58 | 3.14) — |10500 
Hay, - - Gee 4 Baer 4.75) 3.16 — | .39) .13| 4.73) — — 
Rowen, - - | 5.1) .64|} .18] 1.78!1.08} — |} .40} .08) 1.89 — | — 
Stover, - - | 95.1) .32) .O7| 2.1511.38) — | .177.04]} 2,29) — | — 
Total coarse food, |22.2| 1.68) .49) 8.68/5.62/31760} .96| .25 | 8.91) — |19450 
Total food, - |29,6 3.80 1.14/ 12.49) 5.84/45000| 2,16) .83 | 12.05) 6.4 |29950 
Minimum per day. | | 
moncentrated, 1000) 6:6) 1.46]. :58)".3.43) .20;/Tr900) —. 1) — —|— a 
Coarse food, - |20.1/1.56| .46| 7.85|5.08/28900, — | — | —|—] — 
‘Total, - - | 26.7| 3.02| 1.04] 11.28] 5.28|40800) — | — | —]|—]| — 
Maxim'm per day, | 
Soncentrated food) 7.7) 1.68) .67|. 3.95) «23)13 700) — }.— |. =- | — | — 
Coarse food, = }23.4|1.77| .51) 9.22) 5.97|33700| — | — | —}|— |] — 












Total, - - |3I.1| 3.45} 1.18| 13.17) 6.20/47400] — | — | —|—]|] — 
* Grain mixture consisted of 300 lbs. corn meal, 150 lbs. wheat bran, 150 lbs. cotton seed 
meal, and 150 lbs. cream gluten. 

