A STUDY OF RATIONS FED TO MILCH COWS. 147 
AVERAGE DAILY RATION. HERD S. 
Test No. 56. Hay of mixed grasses 15.2 lbs., corn stover 7.4 lbs. and 4.8 lbs. 
of grain feeds mixed as follows: wheat bran 200 lbs., Buffalo gluten feed 180 
lbs., and corn and cob meal 85 lbs. 
Test No. 58. Basal: Hay of mixed grasses 10.2 lbs., corn stover 6.5 lbs., and 
7.0 lbs, of a mixture of equal parts of wheat bran, corn and cob meal and cream 
gluten meal. Additional grain feeds: Group B, 1 Ib., and Group C, 2 lbs. of a 
mixture of cream gluten meal 200 lbs. and Buffalo gluten feed 100 lbs. 
TABLE 41. 
Average weight of food and digestible nutrients fed per cow per 
day, with fuel value and cost, in dairy herd 
tests Nos. 56 and 58. 
[Average weight of herd 725 lbs.] 



















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Total food, - - (27.41.45) .46/8.14'4.04 12.18 27290 9.1/18.6/5.8/12.8 
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Concentrated food, - | 7.01.11|.19/3.24| .06| 3.30] gooo| 3.4| 6.3/2.8] 3.5 
Coarse food, - - |16.7) .70).2814.76;2..77) 7.53)16490|11 .7|10.2|2.9] 7.3 
Total food, - - 28.71.81) .47/8.00 2.83/10.83 25490) 6.6)16.5/5.7/10.8 
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Concentrated food, - | 8.01.36).21|3.70) .08] 3.78)10450| 3.1} 7.4/3.3] 4.1 
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Total food, - - |24.72.06 498.46. 2.85 11.31.26040 6.017.66.211.4 
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Concentrated food, - | 9.0/1.61|.24/4.16| .10| 4,26)/11930|) 3.0) 8.5/3.8) 4.7 
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Total food, - . 25.72.31) .52/8.92 2.8711.79/28420 5.618.7\6.712.0 


