FARM EXPERIMENTS. 



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Third 



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Fifth 



Sixth 



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First 



Second 



Third 



Fourth 



Fifth 



Sixth 



Seventh ... , 





Cotton-soed meal. 



Corn moal 



Bran 



Corn moal 



Cotton-seed meal. 



Bran 



Nothing 





94.25 

 87.81 

 73.62 

 87.06 

 90.06 

 76.56 

 45.75 



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22.5 



19.5 



21. 



24. 



19.5 



21.5 



24.5 





25.20 



28.25 



18.9 



20.4 



20.6 



19.24 



17.12 







3.74 



3.104 



3.89 



4.267 



4.372 



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ROCKAWAY. 



Corn meal 



Cotton-seed meal. 



Bran 



Cotton-soed meal. 



Corn meal 



Bran 



Nothing 



3.27 

 3 22 

 2.92 

 3.36 

 2.91 

 2.98 





847 

 825 

 835 

 855 

 865 

 862 

 864 



1010 

 1007 

 1020 

 1012 

 1045 

 1013 

 1021 



It wa,s found that 468 lbs. of ha}' and 144 lbs. of cotton-seed meal 

 gave 395.18 lbs. of milk, 17.198 lbs of butter, and 15.52 lbs. of fat. 



That 468 lbs of hay and 144 lbs. of corn meal gave 389.17 lbs. of 

 • milk, 16.782 lbs. of butter and 15.53 lbs. of fat. 



That 468 lbs. of hay and 144 lbs. of bran gave 342.8 lbs. of milk, 

 16.767 lbs. of butter and 14.07 lbs. of fat. 



The relative values of these foods for milk production are repre- 

 sented as follows: Cotton-seed meal, 100; corn meal, 98.4 ; bran, 

 86.7. As butter producers, cotton-seed meal, 100 ; corn meal, 97.5 ; 

 bran, 97.4. 



Regarding the economy of the foods, the cotton-seed and corn 

 meal each cost one and one-half cents per lb. and the bran cost one 

 and one-fourth cents per lb. 



The cotton-seed used in the production of 100 lbs of milk cost 

 54.6 cents. The corn meal used in the production of 100 lbs. of 

 milk cost 55.5 cents. The bran used in the production of 100 lbs. 

 of milk cost 52.5 cents. The cotton-seed meal used in the produc- 

 tion of 1 11). of butter cost 12.56 cents. The corn meal used in the 

 production of 1 lb. of butter cost 12.87 cents. The bran used in 

 the production of 1 lb. of butter cost 10.73 cents. These costs are 

 in addition to the value of ha}' emplo^'ed. 



Had these materials been used in connection with a poor quality 

 of hay or straw, the results might have varied more widely in their 



