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co-efiBcients of digestibility of the hay from these grasses were made with 

 sheep in the ordinary manner, each kind of hay being fed to two sheep. 

 The data obtained and the final results are tabnlated. 



Com])osition, digestibiUty, and yield of early-cut and late-cut timothy. — 

 A " very uniform field of timothy grass" was divided into G plats of 

 about one fortieth of an acre each, the grass on every second plat being 

 cut July 9 while in " early bloom," and that on the 3 remaining plats 

 15 days later. The composition, digestibility, and weights and loss in 

 keeping of the hay from the two cuttings are tabulated. The results 

 show "a small balance in favor of the early-cut hay." 



Composition, yield, and digestibility of fodder from three varieties of 

 corn. — This is a comparison of the Southern Ensilage corn, common 

 field corn, and sweet-corn with reference to the yield of green fodder 

 and dry matter, and the composition and digestibility of fodder and 

 silage from the same. Data obtained in these determinations are tabu- 

 lated. A number of unfavorable circumstances interfered with the 

 success of the experiment. 



"The digestion experiments with sheep did not show a superior 

 digestibility for the silage ov^er the dried fodder." 



Composition and value of various commercial feeding stuffs. — This 

 article, which is by J. M. Bartlett, M. S., includes the analyses of three 

 samples each of white-wheat bran, red-wheat bran, wheat middlings, 

 feed flour, corn meal, ground oats, cotton-seed meal, and linseed meal, 

 and a statement of the calculated amounts of digestible fat, carbo- 

 hydrates, and protein in each feeding stuff. 



Comparative digestibility of ichcat bran and wheat middlings. — The 

 digestibility of white- wheat bran and wheat middlings was compared 

 in an experiment with four sheep. The same basal ration, redtop 

 hay, was fed to all, two sheep receiving wheat middlings, and the 

 other two wheat bran, in addition to the hay. The digestibility 

 of the redtop was determined separately. The analytical data, a 

 statement of the weights of food and excretions, and the co-efBcients 

 of digestibility calculated from the results, are tabulated. The results 

 indicate " a marked difference in the digestibility of middlings and 

 roller bran. * * * Sheep digesting their food as they did in this 

 experiment would get as much nutriment from 100 pounds of the 

 middlings as from 1153 pounds of bran." 



Composition and digestibility of pea meal. — The composition of pea 

 meal and its digestibility, as determined by feeding it in connection 

 with corn silage of known digestibility to two sheep, are given with 

 the accompanying data in tables. 



Feeding experiments, miscellaneous (pp. 69-84). 



Yahie of the digestible matter of good hay as compared with that of corn 

 silage for jnilJc production and for growth. — To observe the effect on milk 

 production, a portion of the hay in the ration of four cows which. con- 

 sisted of hay anil a mixture of cotton-seed meal, bran, and corn meal, 



