280
Berseem hay for Dairy Cattle
The animals were not allowed to leave any
residue from concentrate, berseem or jowar.
The amount of food consumption and liveweight
increase of the individual animal was recorded
daily. The experiment lasted for a period of
17 weeks. The distribution of the animals into
groups and their average liveweight during the
different weeks of the tests are given in Table I.
TABLE I
Distribution of animals into different groups and their liveweight in lb.
Treatments . . . . . .
Breeds . . . . . .
Serial number
.
.
.
.
Average age in months . . .
Average increase in liveweight dur-
ing basal period
Average liveweight at the close of
the basal period .
Average liveweight of breed . .
Average liveweight during the ex-
periment for week ending—
6-8-39
.
.
.
.
18-8-39
.
.
.
.
20-8-39
.
.
.
.
27-8-39
.
.
.
.
3-9-39
.
.
.
.
10-9-39
.
.
.
.
17-9-39
.
.
.
.
24-9-39
.
.
.
.
1-10-39
.
.
.
.
8-10-39
.
.
.
.
15-10-39
.
.
.
.
22-10-39
.
.
.
.
29-10-39
.
.
.
.
5-11-39
.
12-11-39
.
19-11-39
.
26-11-39
.
.
.
.
Increase in liveweight . . .
Average increase in liveweight for
breed
Average increase in liveweight of
group
Group I
Concentrate mixture
Hissar
1
395
394
401
410
423
437
435
428
447
457
468
477
486
494
503
511
528
542
147
2
18
40
332
374
334
327
337
347
358
367
377
387
400
410
424
439
452
465
476
495
511
179
175
3
395
406
415
428
433
447
459
468
484
493
504
520
536
547
559
572
581
595
200
Murrah
4
442
454
460
470
482
490
505
517
534
537
538
555
572
581
592
607
612
628
186
181
5
12
37
416
425
427
433
447
458
472
477
484
498
503
518
530
541
551
568
580
592
600
184
187
6
417
428
435
443
454
467
474
486
499
505
517
532
547
556
569
584
591
608
191
Group II
50 per cent conc. protein
replaced by berseem hay
Hissar
7
382
388
391
396
398
413
424
437
446
454
460
466
472
482
495
504
517
529
147
8
18
38
382
371
389
388
395
402
409
419
425
433
442
451
462
473
486
495
504
518
529
147
148
9
348
359
360
367
372
377
379
390
401
412
419
430
441
453
468
477
489
498
150
Murrah
10
510
518
528
539
534
541
562
566
578
576
587
601
615
624
638
647
659
669
159
153
11
12
36
409
424
421
430
437
447
456
467
469
466
479
490
502
515
522
537
550
561
572
163
158
12
354
364
370
381
388
397
407
418
430
430
444
451
460
466
477
490
499
507
153
Group III
75 per cent conc. protein
replaced by berseem hay
Hissar
13
393
397
397
399
407
413
418
423
433
437
446
454
464
475
480
497
507
518
125
14
18
40
370
376
382
381
383
385
389
396
398
404
411
415
426
437
451
459
472
481
494
124
128
15
366
376
377
375
378
386
393
397
406
413
419
432
445
458
470
480
491
501
135
Murrah
16
407
416
423
432
436
443
454
460
464
468
476
483
490
500
508
523
537
544
137
127
17
12
40
426
427
435
437
440
444
448
461
467
472
478
488
489
491
499
507
516
528
535
109
126
18
447
456
465
471
466
476
486
487
495
493
501
514
528
535
543
560
569
578
131
The average age, liveweight and increase in live-
weight of each breed under different treatments
during the basal period are nearly the same. But
the variation in the total increase due to the treat-
ments is quite significant. From the analysis of
co-variance and the adjusted analysis it is observed
that the effect due to treatments is significant to
a level of one per cent. The final adjusted live-
weights are 579, 548 and 528 lb. for Hissar and
587, 554 and 525 lb. for Murrah breed for group I,
group II and group III, respectively with a stan-
dard error of 5.496. The order of significance
is—group I> group II> group III for both the
breeds. Though the order due to feed is the same,
the Murrah heifers seem to be more adversely
affected than Hissar heifers when concentrates are
replaced by berseem hay. Rate of growth for
each animal due to the three treatments was
also compared by the formation of regression