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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Dui-ing the second period of twenty days, the daily ration 

 for two of the cows was the same as during the first period : 

 the other two were fed ensilage instead of dried fodder-coni. 

 For each thousand pounds of live weight this second ration 

 was as follows : — 



The digestibility of the ensilage is here assumed to be the 

 same as green corn. 



This ensilage-ration was fed to all four cows during the 

 third period of twenty days. 



The dried fodder-corn, as stated above, was cut and 

 crushed in a machine, which leaves it in such a condition 

 that cows can eat it easily. After the first day or two in 

 the first period, the dried corn-ration was eaten without 

 waste. During the second period, one of the cows seemed 

 unable to eat all of the harder pieces of ensilage. The amount 

 wasted, however, was regarded as too small to be taken into 

 account. The facts, therefore, seem to show that dried 

 fodder-corn, when cut and crushed, is eaten quite as readily, 

 and with as little waste, as ensilage. 



During the entire experiment the cows were milked twice' 

 daily, — at four A.M. and at four P.M. The milk of each cow 

 was weighed separately, and its weight at once recorded. 



Analyses of the milk were made on five consecutive days 

 in each period. For this purpose sample No. 1 represented 

 the total daily yield of cows I. and II., while sample No. 2 

 represented that of cows III. ajid IV. Results obtained 

 when the cows were fed ensilage are for the sake of compari- 

 son printed in heavy type. 



