AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 23 



Plan : The feeding of two lots of steers, one on grass alone and 

 the other on grass and corn meal, the rations to be alternated 

 between the two lots. 



Time: Summer, 1887. (Failure). 



EXPERIMENTS OR INVESTIGATIONS ALREADY UNDER- 

 TAKEN OR PLANNED. 



(30) Study of Breeds. 



Object : A study of the characteristics and economy of different 

 breeds of cows for dairy purposes. 



Plan : The use of four breeds, two cows of each, Holstein, 

 Shorthorn, Ayrshire and Jersey, a record of the amount and 

 composition of foods, the weight and composition of milk, weight 

 and composition of cream, and weights of butter ; also a study of 

 physical characteristics of milk and chemical and physical properties 

 of butter. 



Time : 1888, and continuing. 



{31) Study of Breeds. 



Object : Study of relative production of beef with different breeds. 



Plan: The use of thiee breeds, two steers of each, Hereford, 

 Shorthorn and Holstein, to be grown from calves under similar 

 conditions and feeding. 



Time : 1888, and continuing. 



(32) Feeding Experiment. 



Object : The economical composition of a ration of beef produc- 

 tion. 



Plan : The dividing of steers used in experiment 31 into two lots, 

 one steer of each breed in each lot, one lot to be fed a ration such 

 as can be compounded without the purchase of highly nitrogenous 

 foods, the other to receive an equal weight of food containing a 

 certain proportion of cotton seed meal (or linseed). 



Time : 1888, and continuing. 



{33) Fodder Investigation. 



Object : A study of the relative feeding value of Timothy, cut at 

 different stages of growth. 



Plan : Determination of weights, composition, digestibility and 

 growth produced, of Timothy from plots cut at different stages of 



