A FEEDING TEST WITH BILES FOUREX. 



Chas. D. Woods. 



Biles Fourex is dried distillers grains — a new feed for Maine. 

 The Norton-Chapman Company of Portland are the New Eng- 

 land agents for these goods. The manufacturers guarantee the 

 goods to carry 33 per cent protein and 1 1 per cent fat. Twenty 

 samples sent to and collected by the Station have varied from 

 29 to 36 per cent of protein. 



From a car shipped to Bangor one ton was sent to the Station, 

 which was used in a feeding trial with milch cows. This lot 

 carried 34.88 per cent protein. 



When the Fourex was received the Station herd was being 

 fed corn silage, mixed hay, and a grain mixture, composed of 

 200 pounds wheat bran, 200 pounds cotton seed meal, and 100 

 pounds linseed meal. This grain mixture carried about 30 per 

 cent protein and cost about S25 per ton. A mixture of 300 

 pounds Fourex and 50 pounds of bran carries 30 per cent of 

 protein and costs about ^2-/ per ton. This mixture was fed in 

 comparison with the oil meal mixture. 



From the herd we selected 3 grade Holstein cows, 2 Jersey 

 heifers and i Guernsey heifer, all in milk for about 3 months, 

 and who, according to their records, were doing a moderate 

 amount of work. These six animals were gradually changed 

 from the oil meal mixture to the Fourex mixture, and after 22 

 days on this were gradually changed back to the oil meal ration. 

 The yield of milk on the oil meal ration for 1 1 days prior to 

 the change to Fourex, and another 1 1 days yields after the return 

 to the oil meal ration are compared in the table with 22 days in 

 which the mixture was fed. 



The table shows the milk yield of 6 cows for 22 days on oil 

 meal and Fourex rations. The hay and silage fed was the same 

 in all periods. Sufficient wheat bran was used with the oil meals 

 and the Fourex to make a grain ration carrying 30 per cent total 

 protein. The same zveight of grain mixture was fed in all the 

 periods. 



