701 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



feed stuffs are more particularly bought Since in the finely ground state it is almost 

 impossible to form a correct estimate as to their worth, the necessity of purchasing 

 on analysis will be obvious. Two other points must also be kept in mind, if large 

 purchases are being considered: fineness of the meal to prevent dissemination of weed 

 seeds, and palatableness to the stock it is intended for. The farmer should satisfy 

 himself regarding these matters before making large purchases. 



APPLE POMACE. 



This was forwarded by a correspondent in Aylmer, Ont., last January, who 

 writes : ' This pomace was made at our cider mill last autumn and is taken from a 

 large pile that is still left. For the past month or so we have been feeding it to 4 

 dairy cows and they are keeping right up in their millv flow. We commenced with a 

 pail full of pomace and now feed half a bushel to each cow twice a day. They also 

 have 3 quarts of oat and wheat chop (5 parts oats to 1 part wheat) twice a day, corn 

 stallvs twice with hay at noon. IIow do you think the pomace compares with roots?' 

 In a letter some three weeks later the same correspondent says ' Occasionally we 

 vrould omit a feed of pomace and we noticed that at the next milking there would be 

 a falling off of about 1^ lbs. — we weigh the milk at every milking. The pomace is 

 fed directly after milking, otherwise it would taint the millv.' 



Analysis. 



Per cent. 



Water : 80-SO 



Protein 1-17 



Fat -07 



Carbohydrates 16-77 



Fibre -48 



Ash -61 



10000 

 The dry matter of pomace is not so valuable as that of mangels, since it is desti- 

 tute of sugar. Mangels contain usually in the neighbourhood of 10 per cent dry 

 matter ; but varieties differ in this respect, the ' sugar ' mangels being much richer, 

 many of them containing 13 per cent, one-half of which may be sugar. Since this 

 pomace contains practically half as much more dry matter (19-70 per cent), it will 

 probably be found, that used judiciously, it has a feeding value approximately equal 

 to this class of roots. The percentage of dry matter in the pomace is approximately 

 equal to that in corn ensilage, but its protein content is sli"'itly less. 



There seems to be an impression among many farmers that apple pomace tends 

 to dry off the cows, but data to confirm this seem to be wanting. 



MEAT MEALS FOR POULTRY. 



Several analyses of these concentrated foods were given in the report of this 

 division for 1904, to which the reader is referred for information regarding the gen- 

 eral character and use of these substances. Last year two brands were examined for 

 the Poultry Division and the data are here given in the expectation that they may be 

 interesting to poultry feeders. 



No. 1.— Cypher's Beef Scrap.. 

 No. 2.— Morgan's Meat Meal. 



Moisture. 



Protein. 



7-97 

 4-92 



6G-56 

 36-44 



Fat. 



14-66 

 14-47 



Total Ash. 



4-92* 

 35 15 



Ai^h 



Insoluble 



in Acid, 



(Sand,&c.) 



•37 



Containing 3 62 p.c. bone. 



