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FODDER AXD FEEDING STUFFS. 



Thirty-seven samples of Feeding Stuffs have been analyzed, viz : 



2 of sorghum seed. 

 1 of maize. 



1 of corn and cob meal. 

 1 of oats, 



3 of New Process linseed meal. 

 1 of cotton seed meal. 



1 of brewers' grains. 



2 of wheat bran. 

 2 of sugar feed. 

 2 of mangolds. 



1 of turnips. 



1 of sugar beet pulp. 



1 of apple pomace. 

 5 of hay. 



4 of maize fodder. 



2 of ensilage, 



7 of mixed provender. 



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As in former Reports, I give here a few pages explanatory of 

 the analyses of Fodder and Feeding Stuifs. The recent publica- 

 tion of Dr. Armsby's Manual of Cattle Feeding,^ enables me to 

 refer to that book for further information on these and other points 

 connected with the composition and use of feeding stuffs. 



It is chiefly owing to the investigations that have been carried 

 on in the European Experiment Stations, that the chemical analy- 

 sis of an article of cattle food may be usefully employed in fixing 

 its nutritive value and place in the feeding-ration, and also in 

 deciding how much the farmer can afford to pay for it, or at what 

 price, and to what extent he can substitute it for other materials 

 customarily used. 



Full Tables of the Composition of Feeding Stuffs, of Feeding 

 Standards, and concise directions for their use, together with 



* Manual of Cattle Feeding, a Treatise on the Laws of Animal Nutrition and 

 i;lie Chemistry of Feeding Stuffs in their application to the Feeding of Animals. 

 "With Illustrations and an Appendix of useful Tables. By Henrt P. Armsbt, 

 Chemist to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. New Tork : John 

 Wiley & Sons, 15 Astor Place. 1880. 



