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Feeds and Feeding. 



being used- In the first and third periods all received the follow- 

 ing ration: Timothy hay, eighteen pounds; wheat meal, five 

 pounds; cotton-seed meal, two pounds. In the second period corn 

 meal was substituted for wheat meal. 



Wheal meal compared with com m,eal — Maine Station. 



Average daily 

 yield. 



Milk. 



Fat. 



Weight. 



Gain. Loss, 



Water 

 drank 

 daily. 



Period I, wheat meal 

 Period II, coi^ meal... 

 Period III, wheat meal 



Lbs. 



19.7 

 18.8 

 17.0 



Lbs. 



.87 

 .85 

 .84 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



76 



Lbs. 



61 

 64 



Making allowance for decreased milk flow as the lactation 

 period lengthened, the results may be regarded as practically 

 equal. There was a slight gain in weight by the cows during the 

 two wheat- meal periods, whUe when corn meal was fed there was 

 a decided decrease. We conclude that wheat meal is at least 

 equal to corn meal as a feed for the dairy cow. (166-8) 



639. Wheat meal compared with mixed grain. — At the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, ^ Dean fed one lot of cows wheat meal, and 

 another mixed grain consisting of one-half oats and one- fourth 

 each of ground barley and peas. Nine pounds of grain were 

 fed daily with hay, straw and silage, the trial lasting sixty days. 



Feeding wheal m^al in comparison with mixed grain meal — Ontario 

 Agricultural College. 



The milk flow was better maintained on the mixed-meal ration 

 than on the ground- wheat ration. The cost of producing 100 

 pounds of milk was calculated on the basis of ordinary Ontario 



1 Bept. 1893. 



