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Tables XI and XII give the amount of food consumed from Janu- 

 ary 17th to April 15th by the two lots. The roots were the long 

 red mangel-wurzel, good size, well matured. The ensilage corn 

 was Sibley's Pride of the North, planted in hills three feet apart 

 each way, and cut and put in the silo when an average ear was just 

 beginning to glaze. The corn was a heavy crop, well eared and 

 nearly all of the ears were put in the silo with the stalks. 



Table XL— Lot I. 



Table XIL— Lot 11. 



The grain fed these two lots consisted of two parts bran, one 

 part corn meal and one part cotton seed meal. 



During the time this grain was fed, the sheep had all they would 

 readily consume twice a day. The roots and ensilage were fed but 

 once a day in as large quantities as would be readily eaten. The 

 coarser part of the corn stalks in the ensilage was not consumed, 

 and was weighed back and deducted from the amount of ensilage 

 weighed out. The hay was a good quality of mixed hay, largely 

 clover, fed twice a day in such quantities as were readily consumed. 



