EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 291 



GRAIN jMIXTUKE NO. I. 



Dried beet pulji 4 parts 



Oats (ground) 3 " 



Wheat bran 2 " 



Gluten feed 1 " 



GRAIN MIXTURE NO. II. 



Dried molasses beet pulp 2 parts 



Wheat bran '. 1 " 



Gluten feed 1 " 



GRAIN jMIXTURE NO III. 



Dried molasses beet pulp 4 parts 



Wheat bran 2 " 



Oil cake 1 " 



GRAIN MIXTURE NO. IV. 



Corn meal 3 parts 



Wheat bran 3 " 



Oil cake 1 " 



GRAIN MIXTURE NO. V. 



Dried beet pulp 3 parts 



Corn meal 3 " 



Wheat bran 6 " 



Oil cake 2 " 



The composition of the different mixtures depended upon the feeding 

 stuffs on hand, the proper balance of the ration, the kind of feeds imme- 

 diately available, and in one or two instances the local prices. No at- 

 tempt was made to demonstrate the superiority of one mixture over 

 another. All cows were fed the same mixture while it was in use. Some 

 cows are not charged with grain from mixtures four and five because 

 these animals freshened first and had completed their year before these 

 mixtures were fed. 



The average amounts of feeds consumed expressed approximately in 

 tons are: 



Grain 75 tons 



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Silage 4 



Hay 625 " 



Green crops 20 " 



Roots 25 " 



Pasture 20 weeks 



The cost of keeping the herd is not above those reported in the Cream- 

 ery Patrons' Investigations and similar reports, published in the lead- 

 ing dairy papers. In fact it is considerably less than a large number 

 of these. A detailed comparison of very many such reports with the 



