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MISCELLATSTEOUS PAPERS. 



In order to ascertain the quantity of feed required annually, the 

 following system of feeding was assumed: 



Cows. 



May lO-October 10. — One acre of pasture per head. (This pasture will be second- 

 year timothy and clover meadow.) 

 May 10-August 10. — Five pounds of hay, with pasture. 



August 10-October 10. — Twenty pounds daily of soiling com or silage with pasture. 

 October 10-May 10. — The average ration for dry and oihitr cows is silage, 40 pounds; 



hay, 10 pounds; grain, 4 pounds. 



Bulls. 



May 10-August 10. — Silage, 25 pounds; hay, 15 pounds; grain, 4 pounds. 

 Augu.«t 10-OctoVjer 10.— Soiling crops. 25 pounds; hay, 15 pounds; grain, 4 pounds. 

 October 10-May 10. — Silage, -30 pounds; hay, 18 pounds; grain, 4 pounds. 



Yearlings. 



May 1-October 1. — Pasture, with 5 pounds of hay daily. 

 October 1-31. — Pasture, with 25 pounds f»f rape daily. 

 November 1-30. — Hay, 12 pounds, and rape, 30 pounds, daily. 

 December 1- April 30. — Hay, 10 pounds, and silage, 25 pounds, daily. 



Calves. 



First four months, an average of 15 pounds of milk, 5 pounds of hay, and 1 pound of 



grain daily. (This is a lil>eral allowance.; Five months, pasture, with 5 pounds of 



hay daily. One month, pasture, with 10 pounds of rape daily. Two months, hay, 9 



pounds, and silage, 15 pounds, daily. • 



Horses. 



An average of 18 pounds of hay and 6 pounds of grain daily throughout the year. 

 This is an overestimate, since some of the horses will be at jjasturc part of the time, but 

 the number of horses in winter will exceed the number in summer. Besides, it is well 

 to have a reserve of feed in case of short crops. 



Hoys. 



The system of feeding hogs was assumed to be that used on the farm described in 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 272, already referred to. These two farms are in the same sec- 

 tion and on soil of the same type. The Rowe system was also used, because it is the 

 Iinly one for which accurate data are at hand and which is adapted to the section in 

 que.stifm. 



The followiiif^ talkie gives the Jiumber of stock and the quantity of 

 each kind of food required, together with the yields per acre and the 

 number of acres of each class of crops: 



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