104 EXPERIMENTS WITH ENSILAGE, 



Lot II was composed of two steers, Devon and Ayrshire, of nearly the same 

 age and wei^lit. The Devon was in rather better flesh than the other. 



Lot III had two large, dry cows. Shorthorns, very nearly alike as to weight, 

 time of calf, condition of health, and feeding qualities. 



Lot IV was niadc up of three bull calves, all Shorthorns, which were very 

 even as to weight, condition of flesli, and age. 



PREVIOUS TREATMENT OF THE ANIMALS. 



Owing to the late growth of grass and the mild fall weather, the cows and 

 steers had been turned out to pasture during the day and stabled only at night. 

 They had been fed dry cut cornstalks once and meal twice daily. The three 

 hull calves had been kept in stalls for a month previous to the experiment, and 

 had received a good hay and meal ration. 



Duraig the month of November all the animals selected for the experiment 

 had lost weight, except the bull calf "No. 9" of the table, and he had gained 

 nothinsf. 



Nos. 3, 5, and 6 of the table were in good flesh — not fat — and the rest were 

 in thrifty condition, though in rather thin flesh. 



TREATMENT DURING THE EXPERIMENT. 



During the experiment all the animals were fed regularly three times daily 

 at 6:30 A M., noon, and 5 p. M. They were watered in the stall at 8 A. m., and 

 again just before feeding at night. The milking was done just before the reg- 

 ular niorninff and evenins: feedimjs. 



The animals were well groomed daily with card and brush. Everyday, from 

 10 A. M, till noon, the cattle were turned into yards sheltered on the north and 

 west. While in the yard they again had access to water. At this time also, 

 each day, the stalls were well cleaned and littered. Tlie cattle were salted 

 twice each week. They were weighed on putting up, and regularly once each 

 week thereafter at 4 p. m. 



The cattle were attended throughout the experiment by one man, and espe- 

 cial pains were taken to secure regularity and uniformity in everything j>er- 

 taining to the feed and care of the animals. 



FEED AND FEEDING NOTES. 



The rough feed was all cut into one-fourth to one-half inch lengths by a 

 power cutter. The cornstalks were not very good, owing to bad weather while 

 curing. The hay (timothy and clover, one-half each) and oat straw were of 

 first quality. The meal, fed to the cows and steers, had 14 parts corn meal, 

 4 parts oat meal, and 9 parts wheat bran, by weight. That fed to the bull 

 calves, and also to the Ayrshire steer, during the last six weeks of the experi- 

 ment, was composed of one-third oat meal, one-third oil meal, and one-third 

 wheat bran, by weight. 



Exact notes of the feed given to each animal were kept, and any feed left in 

 the mangers was also carefully noted and removed before the next feeding. 



CONTENTS OF THE TABLE. 



The table contains a concise description of each animal, and gives the in- 



