300 STATE COLLEGE. 



Experiment No. 5. 



Hungarian and Mixed Hay Compared in Feeding. 



The important position which Hungarian grass is destined tx) 

 occup}' among the forage crops of the State, together with tlie lack 

 of accurate data bearing upon its feeding vakie, prompted its com- 

 parison by careful feeding tests with a good qualit}' of mixed Timoth}- 

 and Red Clover hay. When it is remembered that Hungarian is an 

 annual, to be sown in June, read}' for harvest in August, and yield- 

 ing from two to four tons of cured hay per acre, succeeding upon 

 light or heavj- soils if sufficiently fertile, its value as a means of 

 increasing the stock carrjing capacitj' of farms becomes apparent. 



The Hungarian hay fed was grown last season and harvested in 

 fine order, as was also the mixed hay with which it was compared. 



Two cows fresh in milk — ''Helen Hart" and " Maggie od" — were 

 selected and fed upon the same plan that the animals were in the 

 late and early ha}' test, the cream, butter and ftits being ol)tained by 

 the same processes there emploj'ed. 



They each received the same quantity and qualit}' of mixed grain 

 throughout, viz : 3 lbs. corn meal, 3 lbs. cotton-seed meal and one 

 and one-half lbs. of bran daily. Each one also consumed twenty- 

 two pounds of Hungarian, or mixed hay, per day. This course 

 ■ extended through five periods or sixty days. 



The composition of the Hungarian and mixed hay was as follows : 



Hungarian Hay. 

 Moisture 8.7 per cent. 



Protein 6.8 " 



Fat 3.5 ^' 



Nitrogen-free extract 48.7 " 



Crude Fibre 2G.4 " 



Ash 5.9 " 



Mixed Hay. 

 Moisture 8.2 per cent. 



Protein 5.5 " 



Fat 2.7 " 



Nitrogen-free extract 48 " 



Crude Fibre 30.8 



Ash 3.9 " 



