550 Report of the Department of Animal Husbandry. 



Moreover, a much larger percentage of the digestible dry mat- 

 ter of the ration was supplied in timothy hay and silage in Ratioi' 

 2 than in Ration 1, the proportion being about 70:55 in the two 

 cases, but as has been stated, no evidence appeared that Ration 2 

 was inferior to the other. Such an outcome is encouraging to 

 those farmers who wish to avoid the purchase of cattle foods by 

 feeding largely of home-grown fodders and purchasing sparingly 

 of such grains as are best calculated to supplement hay and 

 silage. 



