EXPEEIMENT STATION. 9T 



The third farm visited was that of J. J. Webb, Esq., of Hamden. 

 Six cows were selected by Mr, Webb as representing a fair aver- 

 age of his herd. Some of them were good milkers but not fresh. 

 Their average weight Avas, by estimate, 925 pounds each. 



The followino- feedino;-stuffs were in use : 



"Meal," a mixture of 200 parts wheat bran, 100 parts cotton 

 seed meal, and 60 parts malt sprouts. Brewers' grains. Man- 

 golds. Turnips. Hungarian hay and sheaf oats, cut. Stover, 

 also cut. 



The order of feeding was as follows : — In the morning brewers* 

 grains, " meal," tui-nips, hay; at about 10 a. m., stover; at about 

 2.30 p. M., mangolds; at about 4 p. m., brewers' grains, "meal,'* 

 stover. The stover lies in the mangers over night. 



The following weights were obtained : 



Ist Day. 2d Day. Average. Average 



per head. 



Stover fed out "72.00 lbs. 61.75 lbs. 66.88 lbs. 11.15 lbs. 



" uneaten 30.25 17.40 23.83 3.97 



" eaten 41.75. 44.35 43.05 7.18 



Hay eaten - :.. 35.00 31.75 33.38 5.56 



"Meal" eaten 15.00 14.75 14.88 2.48 



Brewers' grains eaten 121.75 112.00 116.88 19.48 



Mangolds 79.50 88.50 84.00 14.00 



Turnips.- 74.25 63.50 68.88 11.48 



The analyses of the feeding-stuffs employed and of the uneaten 

 stover gave the following results : — 



iloisture. 



Stover 23.13 per cent. 



Stover uneaten 39.74 " 



Hay. 19.33 " 



Brewers' grains 78.21 " 



'■Meal" 13.75 " 



Mangolds. 92.82 " 



Turnips 88.89 " 



Composition of Dry Matter. 



Asli. Protein. Crude fiber. N. fr. extract. Fat. 



percent. percent. percent. percent. percent. 



Stover 5.65 9.36 35.44 47.41 2.14 



Stover uneaten 7.04 6.18 36.83 48.59 1.36 



Hay 8.57 13.22 31.37 45.04 1.80 



Brewers' grain 6.29 22.00 14.69 53.40 3.62. 



"Meal" 7.00 26.18 8.52 52.43 5.81 



Mangolds... 12.65 26.36 10.54 49.63 _ 0.82 



Turnips..' 6.36 12.14 7.76 72.90 0.84 



