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Test No. 52. Hay of mixed grasses 6.2 lbs., rowen hay 7.2 Ibs., Hungarian 
hay 5.6 lbs., corn stover 4.5 lbs., and 3.8 lbs. of grain feeds mixed as follows: 
wheat bran g.5 lbs., provender 12.5 lbs., H. O. dairy feed 13.5 lbs., cotton 
seed meal 21.5 lbs., Buffalo gluten feed 19.5 lbs. 
Test No. 54. Basal: Hay of mixed grasses 7.0 lbs., rowen hay 7.4 lbs., 
corn stover 4.8 lbs., and 5 lbs. of grain feed mixed as follows: Provender 100 
Ibs., wheat bran 200 lbs., Chicago gluten meal 125 lbs. Additional grain feed: 
Group C, 2 lbs. of the following mixture: Cotton seed meal too lbs., Chicago 
gluten meal 125 lbs. and wheat middlings roo lbs. 
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Average weight of food and digestible nutrients fed per cow per 
day, with fuel value and cost, in dairy herd tests 
Nos. 52 and 54. 
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Concentrated food, - | 3.8} .83}.19)/1.37| .11| 1.48] 5100/2.3) 4.0]2.6| 1.4 
Coarse food, - - |24.6|1.40/.37/6.10|4. 40/10. 50/23700/8.2/15.5/4.9/10.6 
Total food, - - (28.42.23 .56.7.474.51 11.98 288006.019.57.512.0 
SECOND TEsT No. 54. 
Group A. 
Concentrated food, - | 5.0) .85/.18|2.07| .08| 2.15] 6340)3.0) 5.0/2.8) 2.2 
Coarse food, = - |20.2/1.14/.30|5.03/3.42| 8.45/19100/8 .0/12.8/4.1| 8.7 
Total food, - - 25.21.99) .48)7.10/38.50)10.60/25440/5.9:17.816.9/10.9 
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Concentrated food, - | 7.0/1.46|.30/2.77| .10| 2.87} 9320/2.4| 7.4/4.6) 2.8 
Coarse food, - - |20.3/1.14].30|4.96/3.44| 8.40/19010/8.0/12.9/4.1/| 8.8 
Total food, - - (27.3'2.60, .60'7.73)3.54/11.27 28880 4.6 20.3'8.7/11.6 

