BN 8 i) . W7 Reronr oF ‘THE Dirsoror or iin x A 
It is heed that ample provision He carry on this 
work may be made. : 
That the practical value of this investigation corneas 
our dairymen is manifest from the increasing corresponde 
cerning the work and ot for frequent bulletins rep 
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five choice representatives of that famous breed, in order th 
investigations may be made as complete as possible. 
ee tbat Dees of Devon cattle have donated to i at 
FEEDING EXPERIMENTS witH Mitcu Cows. 
Feeding experiments were undertaken with the Jersey 20 
Flora and Ann, for the purpose of determining the effects of 
ous foods upon the butter pred and, if ee to 
Flora received ‘hay, wheat, bran and corn meal throughout tl 
experiment, more or less of the corn meal being replaced t 
cotton-seed meal or palm-nut meal at different periods of th 
experiment. A record of the milk yield was kept and freq 
analyses of the milk were made during the experiment, as 
occasional analyses of the butter. 
The following table shows the kind and amount of food ; 
during the several periods: \ 
The following table gives the proximate analyses of ins f 
fed during these experiments with Flora and Ann: \ 
Water. Ash. Album. | Fiber. | Carbohyd. 
Timothy hay, mixed..) 15.61 | 4.34 | 7.42 | 31.27 | 38.12 
Clover, mixed..... obo. 94.16.28) 720 SS ae 37.20 
Wheat straw........ 17.86 | 4.16 298 | 42.74 31.04 
Wheat bran ........ 13.80.) 5.80 "|: 17.83 8.83 50.32 
On MCRL... . ce 62 Cail Our 2.24 |) 64.81 
Cotton-seed meal....|. 8.78 | 7.03 | 44.81 5ipo 24.65 
Palm-nut meal......| 8.23 |.3.53 | 16.29 | 21.35 | (37278 
Ginten meal.) 2 ass, E23 OT Wires WoW 9.61 
