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to eat 107 pounds, or about 1^ pounds per day. The other 

 sheep would have eaten more grain, but it was kept as 

 closely to its mate as possible. During the trial the food of 

 the hay and grain fed sheep (No. 1) cost $2.80; and that 

 of the ensilage fed sheep (No. 2) cost 70 cents ; or at the 

 rate of $1.05 and 28 cents per month respectively. 



Another Sheep Trial. — Two wethers were selected and 

 prepared as before. Fed just four weeks, — March 30 to 

 April 26, 1883, inclusive, — with the following record : — 



During the next twelve days the following record was 

 made by the same sheep : — 



Note. — Apparently, in this trial, 135 pounds of ensilage was equiv- 

 alent to 45 pounds of hay, or to 15 pounds of liay and 15 pounds of 

 gi'ain. 



(J.) A trial was made at Houghton Farm to answer this 

 question : Can young animals be maintained and grow on 

 corn ensilage alone ? 



We did not care to try this experiment with valuable 

 heifers, but selected two thrifty young bullocks, viz., a 

 Swiss, born in April, 1882, and a Jersey, born in November, 



• Dry fed. 



t Ensilage and grain. 



