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ration, for the most of the time, of wheat bran and cotton-seed meal 

 supplemented with soiling crops when the pastures become dry. 



The hay used was clover hay of a fair quality grown upon a wheat 

 stubble and having a considerable proportion of volunteer wheat mixed 

 with it, which was not readily eaten by the cows. The silage was made 

 from Pride of the North corn grown in hills having a fair crop of ears. 

 It was well preserved and of good quality. The roots used were 

 almost wholly Mangel Wurtzels of medium size and good quality. 

 The grain ration in Januarj^, February, March and April, 1892, was 

 made up of a mixture of 300 pounds of bran, 200 pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal and 60 pounds of corn meal. The corn silage crop of 1892 

 had considerable more grain than that of 1891, consequently, in 

 November and December, 1892, and the first half of Januarj', 1893, 

 the corn meal was left out of the grain ration and three parts of bran, 

 and two parts of cotton-seed meal were fed. During the time the 

 cows were at pasture the grain ration was made up of three parts 

 bran and one part cotton-seed meal. The daily winter ration was as 

 follows: 



For the larger cows. For the smaller coios. 

 15 pounds hay 10 lbs. hay. 



50 to 55 lbs. silage. 40 to 45 lbs. silage. 



10 lbs. roots. 10 lbs. roots. 



8 lbs. grain. 8 lbs. grain. 



The only exceptions made to this were that Freddie and Puss, dur- 

 ing January, February and March, 1892, had ten pounds of grain 

 instead of eight. The summer grain ration was four pounds per cow 

 except during the month of June, when one-half of the cows received 

 no grain whatever. The cows while dry were fed no grain at all, the 

 remainder of the ration being unchanged. In the latter part of the 

 summer, particularly in the months of August and October, the past- 

 ures became very short and were supplemented in August with second 

 growth clover, cut and carried to the cows, and in October with corn 

 stalks. These were in every case weighed and charged to the cows 

 consuming them. In makihg up the cost of the food consumed the 

 following scale of prices were used, based as far as possible upon the 

 market prices in Ithaca: 



Hay $9 00 per ton. 



Ensilage 1 75 per ton. 



Roots 2 00 per ton. 



