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lot received S poiiuds each daily of the ground flaxseed orliuseed meal. 

 When this point was reached tlie liaxseed lot refused to eat more, 

 but the linseed meal lot it is believed would have consumed still more 

 had it been offered. One cow in the flaxseed lot was a poor feeder and 

 did not eat her share of any ration, an<l lost wei^^ht during- the trial. 

 The weights of the animals in «'ach lot at dillerent times during flnj 

 trial are tabulated, each weighing being the average of three separate 

 weighings. 



The imliijitiinis from fciilin;; ;;roniHl Max ami oil meal arc: 



(1) Mature i-ows will cat S jiouiids a day of eillicr without l»;ul effect* of any kiml 

 if tlicy arc grathially iiKieascd to that amount. 



(2) There was little diff"ercnce in increased wei;jjlit from fecdinj; flaxseed and oil meal, 

 with 12 ])Oiiuds of corn meal and all the corn fodilcr the cows would cat each day. 



(3) Feeding flaxseed meal and oil meal heavily to i)regnant cow.s had no injurious 

 effects in this case. 



Chop ketokt of the farm department, 1). A. Kent, IJ. S. (pj). 

 303-.'50.S). — In this are included reports on two Uelds of corn, a small 

 field of l>arley, and the st(U'ing of silage in three silos. 



Cornfield No. 1 contained lil.L'5 acres of rich sandy loam. It was 

 sown to Pearly Mastodon corn planted in hills. The climatic conditions 

 were rather unfavorable to the growth of corn, and owing to the small 

 rainfall, the roller, harrow, and cultivator were used to conserve the 

 moisture and heat. The yield was To bushels of corn per acre, or l,r)08 

 bushels in all. The statement of the cost of labor in raising the crop 

 shows this to have been $14G..SL', or 9.22 cents per bushel of corn. 



Cornfield No. 2 contained 11. .~) acres of sandy loam land. It was 

 planted to Improved Leaming corn, which was cnltivated in the same 

 way as that on field No. 1. The yield of corn on this field was 8C.5 

 bushels per acre, making a total of l,2."»S.r) bushels. The total cost of 

 labor was $'.>(>. i>2, or 7.22 cents per busliel oi' corn, which is 2 cents jier 

 bushel less tliaii the rate of field No. 1. "liy int*Mise cultivation and 

 j>r«>per rotation, most of the farms of Iowa would produce from T.") to SO 

 bushels of corn [icr acre, and under faxorable climatic conditions still 

 more." 



The size of the barley field is not given. The soil was a sandy loam 

 and was sown to Manshury barley. The cost of labor per bushel of 

 barley is estimated at 11.2 cents. 



Three silos were filled with corn foilder, the tirst from Karly Leam- 

 ing, Ihc second from Mammoth Cuban, and the third from Ked Cob 

 Ensilage corn. The first silo was covere«l with chafiabont 1 foot decj). 

 V)ut not weighted; the second had no chaff or weighting, and the third 

 was Aveighted with about .'3 tons of stone. The cost of filling the first 

 silo is estimated at 71).5 cents per ton, the second at 71.1 per ton, and 

 for the third silo is not given. The silage from all three silos is said 

 to have been good. 



Varieties of potatoes, (\ V. CciiTiss, l>. 8. A. (pp. .'JOO-.ni). — 

 Tabulated notes for oO varieties, "Of the early varieties, the Early 



