640 Report of the First Assistant of the 



During April a grain mixture consisting of five parts wheat 

 bran, three parts old process linseed meal, two parts cottonseed 

 meal and two parts ground oats was fed. Corn silage was fed 

 morning and night and corn stover at noon until the 15th. For 

 the remainder of the month corn silage was fed morning and 

 noon and clover hay at night. 



For the first twelve days in May corn silage was fed morning 

 and noon and clover hay at night. For the rest of the month 

 alfalfa forage was substituted for the silage. The grain mixture 

 fed during the month consisted of six parts wheat bran, three 

 parts corn meal, and one part each of wheat middlings, ground 

 oats and old process linseed meal. 



The ration for the first thirteen days in June, and for the last 

 five days, was the same as for the latter part of May. From the 

 14th to the 25th clover hay was substituted for the morning feed 

 of alfalfa forage. 



For the first half of July the grain mixture was composed of 

 six parts wheat bran, three parts corn meal and one part wheat 

 middlings. Alfalfa forage was fed in the morning and oat-and- 

 pea forage at noon and night. For the latter half of the month 

 corn silage took the place of oat-and-pea forage, and the grain 

 mixture was changed to one of five parts wheat bran and one 

 part each of corn meal, wheat middlings and old process linseed 

 meal. The ration for August was the same as that fed during 

 the latter half of July. 



During September corn forage was fed at noon and night, 

 alfalfa forage was fed in the morning. The grain mixture fed 

 contained four parts wheat bran, three parts corn meal and one 

 part old process linseed meal. This same grain mixture was fed 

 during the first fifteen days of October, when clover hay was fed 

 morning and night and alfalfa forage at noon. From the 16th 

 to the Slst corn silage was fed morning and night and oat-and-pea 

 hay at noon. With these a grain mixture containing six parts 

 wheat bran, two parts old process linseed meal, one part com 

 meal and one part ground oats was fed. 



