EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Distribution of experiments. 



A.— Experiments with ruminants. 



Green foddera : 

 Griusses ' . . 

 Legumes'*. 



Silage: 



(ira.sses ... 



LciiTunes 



Drit'd I'dddcrs: 



Grasses 



Lesrnmes 



Miscellaueous fodders. 



Roots 



Grains 



By-products 



Total . 



B.— Experiments with swine. 



Grains and by-products 



302 



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1 Under this term are included the corn plant and all other plants belonging to the grass family. 

 " Includes all plants belonging to the Leguminosm. 



It is noteworthy that 63 of the 146 experiments with ruminants were 

 made with the corn plant as fodder — mostly with the whole plant — of 

 various varieties and in various stages of development. This gives an 

 amount of information in regard to the digestibility of this most 

 important and j^eeuliarly American product never before possessed, and 

 which is based upon so many observations as to make it reliable for 

 use in feeding practice. 



The coefficients obtained for certain by-products are also new and 

 important, as they show the digestibility of feeding stuffs that are 

 peculiar to our markets, and are used especially by dairymen in very 

 large quantities. This refers particularly to milling products and the 

 wastes from the manufacture of glucose, starch, and vegetable oils, and 

 includes bran and middlings from wheat, gluten "feeds," and the oil 

 meals. The digestibility of separate species of the grasses and legumes 

 has also been studied. 



Much attention has been given to tlie influence of the stage of 

 development of certain fodder plants upon their digestibility, as well 

 as the effect iu this direction of drying and ensiling. 



