1004 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Hour, Chicago gluten nietil, Davenport gluteu meal, Goldeu gluten 

 meal. King gluten meal, Buffalo gluten feed, Lomiuy food, India wheat 

 hulls, India wheat meal, old and new process linseed meal, Chicago 

 maize food, mixed feed, ground oats, oat middlings, rye, rye meal, rye 

 and India meal, wheat bran, wheat food, wheat meal, wheat middlings, 

 cream gluteu feed, and horse food. In many cases the cost of the feed- 

 ing stuffs is also given. Analyses of several of these feeds will be 

 found in the following table: 



Analyses of commercial feeds. 



Bttckwheat flour. 



Corn oil cake 



Cottonseed bran . 

 Graham flour . .. 

 Intlia wheat hulls 

 Rye meal 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



^er cent. 

 77.30 

 40. 83 

 41.32 

 70.64 

 34.00 

 69.82 



Per cent. 



0.40 



7.78 

 26.92 



1.33 

 49.13 



2.14 



Ash. 



Per cent. 

 0.91 

 3. C6 

 3.32 

 1.76 

 2.15 

 1.74 



The cost of the nutrients, fertilizer value of the different feeds, and 

 their economical purchase are discussed. In the authors' opinion, the 

 average goods offered for sale in Vermont during 1895 were up to the 

 standard. 



Tests of methods of preparing and feeding corn fodder, H. J. 

 Patterson {Maryland Sta. Bui. 41, pp. 125-140). — Experiments were 

 made with cattle to determine the feeding value and digestibility of 

 shredded corn fodder prepared in different ways, and the digestibility 

 of bran. The comparative value of cotton-seed hulls and other feeding 

 stuffs is discussed. 



Feeding experiments n-ith coirs. — A test was made with - lots of 4 and 

 5 cows, respectively, to determine the relative waste in feeding dry 

 shredded corn fodder and grain separately, and wet shredded corn 

 fodder and grain mixed. The test was divided into 2 periods of 32 

 and 25 davs. In the first period lot 1 was fed a dailv ration of 41 lbs. 

 of corn fodder and 10 lbs. of a grain ration, consisting of equal parts 

 of corn and corn-and-cob meal, wheat bran, and King gluteu meal. 

 The ration was fed dry and the corn fodder was fed separately. Lot 2 

 was fed the same ration wet and thoroughly mixed. In the second 

 l)eriod the rations were reversed and the corji fodder was increased to 

 4G lbs. The uneaten residue was weighed in each case. 



It was found that when the corn fodder and grain were fed separately 

 and dry 13 per cent of the total amount of corn fodder was wasted. 

 When they were thoroughly mixed and fed wet only 7.3 per cent was 

 wasted. 



A test was made with 11 cows to determine the effect on milk yield 

 and gains in weight, of feeding corn fodder and grain in the same man- 

 ner as in the previous experiment. Each ration was fed for 25 days. 

 When the dry shredded corn fodder and grain were fed separately the 



