EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE. 



125, 



and that 100 pounds of digestible albuminoids, fais and cavl>by-, 

 drates cost in — 



Tinidthy hay 



Clover hay 



Corn meal , 



Brewers' grains . 

 Cotton seed meal 



o 



a 



a 



=> 



$6 70 

 4 30 

 4 90 

 2 80 

 2 80 



Ph 



$6 70 



4 aa 



4 90 

 2 80 

 2 80 



a 



.at 



a 



O 



f 1 40 



90 



1 GO 



CO 



60 



From tbis table it is seen that the nutritive matter varies consid- 

 erably in price in the different fodder materials ; and it is of course 

 lor the interest of every farmer to feed as much as possible of those 

 materials which furnisli the nutritive matter at the least cost, with a 

 due regard to the health of the animals and to the utilization of all 

 the nutritive matter in the fodder. 



The director of the experiment station made up a ration as given , 

 in ihe following table and fed it to a herd of six grade cows, and in 

 his report of the experiment states that this ration gave perfect 

 satisfaction. The ration was reckoned for 1,000 pounds live weight 

 per day and agrees substantially with the theoretical ration in nutri- 

 tive matter : 



Six pounds clover hay 



Thirteen pounds wheat straw . . 

 Twenty pounds brewers' grains 



Twenty pounds turnips 



Two pounds cotton seed meal . . 



Total 



Total dry matter in ration. 



Containing Lbs. op Digestible 



Albumi- 

 noids. 



0.47 

 0.11 

 0.99 

 0.26 

 0.66 



2.45 



Fats 



Carb- 

 hy drates. 



0.09 

 04 

 0.33 



0.22 



0.65 



2.27 

 4.88 

 2.86 

 2.06 

 0.24 



12.31 



25.6 pounds. 



