58 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



TVrO FEEDS VS. THREE FEEDS DAILY. 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



It is the regular practice here to feed the dairy cows as well as all other cattle 

 twice a day as follows : — roots, ensilage and meal at 5.30 o'clock, £rst thing in the 

 morning, followed by hay in about an hour and a half, in the afternoon about 3.30 

 o'clock the other half of the roots and ensilage and meal is given, and shortly after 

 5 o'clock the rest of the hay is fed. The meal is mixed with the roots and ensilage 

 after it is before the animal and the hay is fed uncut. 



Many feeders claim that it is better to feed three times in the day rather than 

 twice even though no more food be fed. The following experiment would seem to 

 indicate that two feeds a day is quite as effective as three feeds. 



In lot ' B ' one of the cows calved during the preliminary or check fortnight, but 

 as this happened before the real experiment began, it does not affect the results as 

 each group is fed each way. 



