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After the previously stated mode of feeding, and tlie 

 quantity and quality of the milk obtained thereby, had been 

 carefully tested during two weeks' observation under the 

 management of the station, 



Corn Ensilage 



was introduced as an additional article of the daily diet, in 

 the following way : The amount of corn meal, four quarts 

 (6;^ pounds) per day, remained the same during the entire 

 trial. The ensilage was gradually substituted for the hay in 

 the daily fodder, as the animal felt disposed to consume it. 

 During the first twelve days of the experiment, each was 

 ofiered forty pounds of ensilage per day, and subsequently 

 sixty pounds, besides all the hay they would consume. 

 They varied widely in their preference, as subsequent 

 detailed statements show. The manner of feeding was as 

 follows : At 5.30 a. m. the meal and shorts were fed to the 

 animals durins; milkino:, and at 6 o'clock the cnsilaae ; at 

 12 o'clock, M., from four to five pounds of hay were offered, 

 and at 5 p. m. the remainder of the meal was given, and the 

 rest of the ensilage soon after. At 8 o'clock, p. m. from four 

 to five pounds of hay were again offered. Any material 

 remaining after each feeding was removed and weighed. As 

 a rule, they consumed first the leaves of the corn, and left, 



