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111 this table the samples have been arranged with reference to 

 their percentages of water and carbhydrates : 



Loss at Carbhy 



212° F. Protein. Fat. Fiber. Ash. drates 

 Pr. ct. Pr. ct. Pr. ct. Pr. ct. Pr. ct. Pr. ct 



Mr. Mills, Pompton, N. J., ...77.4 1.02 0.68 6.85 1.00 13.04 



Mr. Morris, Oakland Manor, Md., 78.51 .88 0.62 6.43 1.53 12.03 



Buckley Bros., Port Jervis, N. T., 80.86 1.27 0.67 5.47 1.00 10.73 



Coe Bros., West Meriden; Conn., 82.10 1.21 0.71 5.34 1.02 9.62 



College Farm, New Brunswick, N. J.,... 83.52 .94 0.65 5.18 1.43 8.28 



Mr. Piatt, SuBield, Conn., .83.56 1.06 0.73 5.76 .81 8.08 



Whitman & BurriU, Little Falls, N. Y., .. 83.54 1.06 0.50 5.85 1.40 7.65 



James Lippincott, Mt. Holly, N. J., 84.28 1.37 0.50 4.68 1.26 7.91 



Dr. J. M. Bailey, BiUerica, Mass., ..84.87 1.06 0.45 5.61 .98 -7.03 



The amount of ensilage to be used depends entirely upon its 

 quality and upon the plans of the farmer. 



Mr. Mills, for instance, could make up a full ration for a cow of 

 1,000 lbs. live weight, by feeding daily eighty pounds of his ensi- 

 lage and five and one-half pounds of cotton seed meal ; while at 

 the College Farm with five pounds of cotton seed meal, one hun- 

 dred and twenty pounds were necessary. In these rations nearly 

 all ■ the carbhydrates needed and a portion of the protein and fat 

 are furnished at a very low price by the ensilage ; the balance of 

 the protein and fat is drawn from the cotton seed meal. If desir- 

 able, a much smaller quantity of ensilage could be used and the 

 carbhydrates given in foim of coj-ii meal or any feed rich in these 

 compounds; in ensilage they can be had, however, much cheaper 

 than in any feed known to us at present. One thing must be con- 

 sidered : if the quality of the ensilage obliges the farmer to feed 

 his cows more than eighty or ninety pounds daily per head, there 

 is reason to fear that they will scour. The amounts fed by the 

 above named gentlemen have varied from sixty-five to eighty 

 pounds, and with these amounts no trouble whatever hag' been 

 experienced. We therefore conclude that if the ensilage is of first- 

 class quality, eighty pounds per day will furnish an animal with 

 the full amount of carbhydrates ; if it is of medium quality it will , 

 be safer to limit the amount to about ninety pounds, furnishing 

 the rest of the carbhydrates in form of feed or straw. 



From the above experiment we feel justified in concluding that 

 milch cows can be safely fed large quantities of this fodder, and 

 that it is a ])erfect substitute for hay. The question of expense 

 we reserve foi' a future bulletin. 



Georgk H. Cook, Director. 



New Brunswick. March 7. 1881.'' 



