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Feeds and Feeding. 



623. Wheat meal v. corn meal. At the Maine Station 1 Bartlett 

 fed 6 cows for three 21-day periods, giving to each for concentrates 

 2 Ibs. cotton-seed meal and either 5 Ibs. wheat meal or 5 Ibs. corn 

 meal daily. The returns in milk and fat were practically the same 

 for both rations, showing that wheat meal and corn meal are equal 

 in feeding value for the dairy cow. (161) 



624. Wheat v. barley and oats. At the Copenhagen (Denmark) 

 Station 2 Friis compared ground wheat with a mixture of equal parts 

 of ground barley and oats as a feed for dairy cows. The herds on 6 

 estates were divided into 3 equal lots. Each cow was given a basal 

 ration of 3.3 Ibs. wheat bran, 1.8 Ibs. oil cake, 30 Ibs. mangels, 10 

 Ibs. hay per day, and straw without limit. In addition, Lot I was 

 fed 5.2 Ibs. of the barley-oats mixture; Lot II was fed 2.6 Ibs. of the 

 barley-oats mixture and 2.6 Ibs. of wheat; and Lot III 5.2 Ibs. of 

 wheat. The average daily milk yield per cow is shown in the table : 



Wheat compared with a mixture of oats and barley for cows. 



It will be seen that, when fed alone, ground wheat had practically 

 the same value as equal parts of ground barley and oats. (161, 171) 



625. Rye meal v. corn meal. Hayward of the Pennsylvania Sta- 

 tion, 3 in a feeding trial with 3 cows during 3 periods of 35 days each, 

 compared rye meal with corn meal, obtaining the results shown in the 

 table: 



Rye meal compared with corn meal as a feed for dairy cows. 



^pt. 1895. 



2 34th Ept., 1895. 



8 Bui. 52. 



