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it are worth more to feed than four tons of corn-fodder 

 fresh from the fields, or one ton of best timothy hay. 



I received the above analysis the last of April, and at 

 once resolved to test it by experimentation. April 29 I 

 selected two thoroughbred two-year-old Jersey bulls, 

 and weighed them. " Rossmore " weighed 960 pounds, 

 " Hero " weighed 890 pounds. " Rossmore " was fed 

 40 pounds of Ensilage daily, and nothing else. " Hero " 

 was fed 40 pounds of Ensilage and three pounds of 

 wheat-bran daily, and nothing more. June 2 I weighed 

 them again, and found that " Rossmore " weighed 960 

 pounds, having neither gained nor lost ; showing, so far 

 as one experiment could, that 40 pounds of Ensilage 

 containing over 80 per cent of water was sufficient to 

 sustain in a healthy condition the functions of the 

 animal system, and replace the waste tissue. His hair 

 was smooth, he appeared to be satisfied, and Sylvester 

 thought he was gaining. "'Hero" at this time weighed 

 943 pounds, being a gain of 53 pounds in 34 days, or 

 I -55if pounds daily: as it took the 40 pounds of Ensi- 

 lage to sustain the animal, it follows, that 102 pounds of 

 wheat-bran, fed with the Ensilage, produced 53 pounds 

 of beef (live weight). 



