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at $1.75 per ton. At these rates the average cost of food per 100 lbs. 

 of milk was 40 cts. while on mixed grain and 57 cts. while on gronnd 

 wheat. 



Experiments in feeding wheat to milch cows, H. II.Dean (0«irt- 

 rio Afjl. Col. and E.rptl. Farm Kpt. 1893, pp. 151, 152). — Two trials are 

 reported in feeding <S lbs. of ground wheat, 6 lbs. of hay, and 50 lbs. of 

 silage to milch cows. Witli ground wheat at $20 a ton there was a fair 

 profit. Substituting 1 lbs of wheat bran, at |12 per ton, for 4 lbs. of 

 the ground wheat " gave more profit than wheat alone." 



"We would recommend dairymen to try a ration of wheat and bran or wheat and 

 oats during the winter, and if it is fed to the right kind of cows and tlie product 

 handled properly we feel confident that it will pay better than selling wheat at 

 present prices.'' 



A precocious milker, H. H. Dean {Ontario Agl. Col. and Expfl. 

 Farm Epf. 181)3, p. 138). — The udder of a heifer 15 months old had so 

 developed that she was milked. The quantity of milk was at first 

 small, but increased slightly. 



*'In appearance it was very watery at first but kept improving. The most inter- 

 esting part is the fat content of this milk-like secretion. The first time she was 

 tested — on the 7tli of July — the per cent of fat was 0,4 per cent. On .Inly 8th she 

 tested 1.2 per cent, showing a marked increase in this short time. July 12 she 

 again tested 1.2 per cent." 



"At the time when we commenced milking her she had not been 

 bred, but in a day or so after she was mated." l>y November 10 the 

 yield had decreased to about a pint a day, but the fat had increased 

 to 3.8 per cent. " So far it has not apparently affected her health 

 or growth. It is too soon yet to see the effect on the milking 

 ability." 



It is mentioned that in the case of another cow the milk from a quar- 

 ter of the udder that had been injured contained only 0.5 per cent of 

 fat, while that from the other three quarters contained 3.4 per cent. 



Feeding experiments with sheep, C. D. Woods and G. S. Phelps 

 {Coimccticut Starrs Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 28-12). — The object was to com- 

 pare the effect of a wide and a narrow ration on the production of fat 

 and lean meat. Twelve grade Shropshire wethers, averaging about 72 

 lbs., wei"e divided into 2 lots. One was selected from each lot and 

 slaughtered and the carcass analyzed. The others were sheared and 

 fed from December 29 to March 20, 84 days, as follows: Lot 1, hay, 

 turnips, and corn meal, the ration having an average nutritive ratio of 

 1:8.2; and lot 2, hay, linseed meal, pea meal, wheat bran, and corn 

 meal, the nutritive ratio being 1 : 4.1. The sheep were fed in separate 

 pens, and all food left uneaten was weighed back. At the conclusion 

 of the experiment the sheep were all sheared, slaughtered, and ana- 

 lyzed. The data for the experiment, including amounts and composi- 

 tion of food eaten, individual gains in weight, analyses of carcasses, 

 and weight of parts, are tabulated. A summary of the gains and food 

 eaten follows : 



