713 



<ti" conniercial fertili/cors mado by the station chemist for the State 

 board of agricultarc, (lesrriptioiis of the new daily lioiise of the sta- 

 tion and tlie additional facilities for fecdin<>' exi)orinients, and general 

 slati'iiuMits rt'<;:n(liiiii- tlic ('(inipiiiont and work of the station, Tlie 

 report is ilhistratcd with plans of the dairy house and the additions 

 to tlie farm bnildin.ns. 



During- the year expoiinients were made on 327 jdats and with 14 

 animals; 1,373 samples of erops, fodders, dunj^-, and milk were taken; 

 the number of weighings is estimated at between 8,0()() and !>,(»)(). In 

 the chemical laboratory there were made 5,1H)2 determinations of ferti- 

 lizers, an<l G,973 of tVxlders, dung, milk, soils, etc., in all 12,1M»5. 



FEEDINCI STANDAliDS AND COMPOSITION OP FEEDING STUFFS, H. 



P. Armsby, Pii. D. (pp. 19-20). — A popular discussion of the ingredi- 

 ents of the animal body and of feeding stutls, the fuel value of foods, 

 Wolff's standards, and the calculation of rations. 



On the relations of live stock to fertility, H. P. Armsby, 

 Pit. D. (pi). 27-30). — A popular discussion on this subject, with a tabu- 

 lation of the percentages of fertilizing ingredients contained iu a large 

 number of farm i^roducts and feeding stuffs. 



Indian corn as a grain and forage crop, W. H. Caldwell, 

 r». S. (i>p. 30-43). — This consists of a discussion of the results of tests 

 of varieties of corn, being a continuation of the work on this subject 

 re]>orted in Bulletins Nos. 7 and 11, and in the Annual Keports of the 

 station for 188S and 1889 (see Experiment Station Record, vol. i, p. 143; 

 vol. II, p. 127; vol. Ill, p. 453; and Experiment Station Bulletin No. 2, 

 part II, p. 121). The data tabulated include the yields of 11 flint and 

 15 dent varieties, the "relation of parts of the plant and statements of 

 the gain in diy matter by allowing the crop to mature, and of loss of 

 dry matter in tield curing. The latter determinations " are not wholly 

 satisfactory, and further data are desired before conclusions are drawn." 



Silage and the corn crop, H. P. Armsby, Pn. D., W. Frear, 

 Ph. D,, and W. H. Caldwell, B. S. (pp. 43-123, plates 2).— Under 

 this heading are reported the results of determinations of the coefli- 

 cients of digestibility of corn and of silage, by W. Frear; losses in the 

 silo, by H. P. Armsby; the relative feeding value of silage and fodder 

 corn, by H. P. Armsby ; and the yield of food per acre, by II. P. Armsby. 



Digestibility of the corn crop and of the silage and fodder made from 

 it (pp. 45-09). — Determinations were made of the coeflicients of 

 digestibility of fodder corn as put into the silo and of corn silage from 

 the same with two grade Southdown sheep, and of field-cured fodder corn 

 and silage with two grade Devon steers. The corn used in all cases was 

 immature Burrill and Whitman Ensilage corn. The animals were iu 

 each case fed exclusively on the fodder to be tested for about 2 weeks, 

 the excreta being collected during the last 5 to 7 days. The com- 

 position of the corn fodder and silage are given in each case. The 

 coeflicients of digestibility fouiul are as follows: 



