Table 5.

Hay dry matter intake and waste by cows given access to hay in feeder rings for 6, 14, or 24 hour (Experiment 3)

Item	Access to hay rings, h				Contrast P-values
	6	14	24	SE	6- and 14-h access vs. 24-h access	6- vs. 14-h access
Group, n	6	6	6
Cow BW, kg	601	603	603		0.870	0.872
Intake, kg/d	9.60	11.06	12.42	0.12	<0.001	<0.001
Intake, % BW	1.59	1.84	2.06	0.02	<0.001	<0.001
Waste, kg/d	0.08	0.47	0.95	0.05	<0.001	<0.001
Waste, %1	0.82	4.23	7.67	0.41	<0.001	<0.001

¹Waste expressed as a proportion of intake.