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mated to be about equal parts by weight. This mixture we will 

 designate as " grain." 



The order of feeding was grain followed by corn fodder in the 

 morning, hay at noon, and grain followed by hay at night. The 

 hay lay in the mangers over night. 



The following weighings were made on two successive days : 



l8t Day. 2d Day. Average. Av. per day 



and head. 



Hay fed, 475.5 lbs. 472.5 lbs. 474.0 lbs. 18.23 lbs. 



Hay left uneaten, .. 73.5 44.5 59.0 2.27 



Hayeaten, ... 402.0 428.0 415.0 15.96 



Corn fodder fed, 101.0 lbs. 95.0 lbs. 98.0 lbs. 3.77 lbs. 



" left uneaten, 18.0 13.5 15^8 0.61 



" eaten, 83.0 81.5 82.2 3.16 



Grain eaten, 115.0 lbs. 116.0 lbs. 115.5 lbs. 4.44 lbs. 



The fodders were found to contain the following amounts of 

 moisture at the barn : 



& 



Hay, - 14.51 per cent. 



Hay left uneaten, .19.25 " 



Corn fodder, .14.84 " 



Corn fodder left uneaten, .: 18.29 " 



Oats, - ...13.48 " 



Maize, 18.16 " 



Wheat bran, 13.56 " 



Their dry matter had the following composition : 



Ash. Protein. Crude Fiber. N. fr. Kxtr. Fat. 



Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. 



Hay, .6.83 11.82 29.31 49.64 2.40 



Hay left uneaten, 6.25 7.48 35.07 49.08 2.12 



Corn fodder,.... ...5.26 6.77 30.46 55.77 1.74 



Corn fodder left uneaten, 5.06 5.78 35.13 52.35 1.68 



Oats. ..4.00 10.83 10.72 68.81 5.64 



Maize, 1.76 11.73 1.79 79.36 5.36 



Wheat bran, .7.11 19.17 9.51 59.63 4.58 



Analyses were also made of the mixed oats and maize, and of 

 the mixed " grain " as fed. A comparison of these analyses 

 showed that .the mixed "grain" was composed of very nearly 

 one part of oats, two parts of maize, and four parts of bran, by 

 weight. If these proportions are taken as the basis of the cal- 

 culation, the amount of non-nitrogenous matters contained in the 

 4.44 lbs. of "grain" fed, differs by less than 0.04 lbs. from that 



