106 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL 



FEEDING EXPERIMENTS 



On Milch Cows, with the use of Standard Rations, in- 

 cluding Ensilage, made at the New Jersey Agricultu- 

 ral Experiment Station, 



In previous Reports I have called attention to the Feeding 

 Standards which the German Experiment Stations have elabo- 

 rated by a large number of exact and laborious practical feeding 

 trials. Early in 1881 the New Jersey Experiment Station pub- 

 lished in its bulletins X and XI the results of some feeding experi- 

 ments carried on under its immediate charge that fully confirm 

 the estimate in which these feeding standai'ds are held in Ger- 

 many. These bulletins are so full of valuable information that, 

 with consent of Dr. Cook, Director of the New Jersey Station, I 

 reprint them for the benefit of Connecticut stock feeders. 



An account of the Feeding Standards may be found in the 

 Report of this Station for 1879, pp. 94-98; also in Dr, Armsby's 

 Manual of Cattle Feeding, p. 368, and in Drs. Armsby and Jen- 

 kins' Farmers' Annual for 1882, p. 184. 



• " Bulletin X. 



The object of this bulletin is to call the attention of the intelli- 

 gent farmers of this State to a rational system of stock feeding. 

 For illustration, a ration for milch cows has been computed, its 

 cost estimated and its practical value shown by a feeding trial 

 which has now lasted over fifty days. 



A farmer feeding a good quality of clover hay will find that 

 nearly thirty-five pounds per day will be necessary to maintain the 

 flow of milk and prevent loss of flesh in a cow of about 1,000 lbs. 

 live weight. Now according to an analysis recently made at the 

 Station, thirty-five pounds of second growth clover hay from the 

 Collegre Farm contained : 



4.6 lbs. Protein. 

 .9 lbs. Fat. 



13.9 lbs. Starchy matter (Nitrogen-freo extract*). 

 10.0 lbs. Woody " (Fiber). 



1.7 lbs. Ash. 

 3.9 lbs. Water. 



*See foot note, p. 78. 



