392 Report of the First Assistant of the 



During March timothy hay was fed morning and night, corn 

 silage at noon, and a mixed grain, consisting of three parts wheat 

 bran, three parts linseed meal, O. P., three parts cottonseed meal, 

 three parts gluten meal, and one part each of ground oats, corn meal 

 and wheat middlings. 



From April 1st to 15th clover hay was fed at night, corn silage 

 morning and noon and a mixed grain containing five parts of wheat 

 bran, three parts of linseed meal, O. P., two parts gluten meal, two 

 parts corn meal and one part wheat middlings. For the latter half 

 of the month carrots were fed in place of the corn silage. 



From May 1st to 15th clover hay was fed at night, corn silage 

 morning and noon, and a mixed grain composed of four parts wheat 

 bran, two parts cottonseed meal, two parts linseed meal, O. P., one 

 part corn meal and one part wheat middlings. For the rest of the 

 month alfalfa fodder was fed three times daily and a mixed grain 

 composed of four parts wheat bran, three parts corn meal, and one 

 part each of cottonseed meal, linseed meal O. P., and wheat 

 middlings. 



From June 1st to 15th clover hay was fed at night, alfalfa fodder 

 morning and noon. For the latter half of the month alfalfa fodder 

 was fed at noon and corn silage morning and night. The grain 

 mixture fed during the month was the same as that fed for the 

 latter half of May. 



During July oat-and-pea fodder was fed morning and night and 

 alfalfa fodder at noon. The grain mixture consisted of five parts 

 wheat bran, two parts corn meal, and one part each of wheat 

 middlings, cottonseed meal, linseed meal O. P., ground oats and 

 gluten feed. 



For August the ration was the same excepting a very slight 

 change in the grain, wheat bran being substituted for the one part 

 of gluten feed. 



For the month of September the ration was com fodder morning 

 and night, alfalfa fodder at noon and a grain mixture which con- 

 tained five parts wheat bran, three parts cottonseed meal, two parts 

 linseed meal O. P., and one part each of corn meal, wheat middlings 

 and ground oats. 



From the 1st to 15th of October corn fodder was fed three times 

 daily. For the rest of the month clover hay was fed at night and 

 beets morning and noon. The grain mixture fed throughout the 

 month consisted of six parts wheat bran, three parts cottonseed meal, 



