42 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Principal Daily Fodder Rations used — Concluded. 



January to May, 1S88. 



10. 



11. 



12. 



Corn meal, . 



Wheat bran. 



Gluten meal. 



Hay, . . 



Corn ensilage. 



Total cost, . 



Net cost, 



Manurial value obtainable. 



Nutritive ratio, . 



3.25 lbs. 



3:25 " 



3.25 " 

 10.00 " 

 21.75 " 

 21.64 cts. 

 13.15 " 



8.49 " 

 1:6.12 



November, 1888, to May, 1889. 



13. 



14. 



Fodder rations Nos. 8, 8, 10, U and 14 deserve particular 

 attention for trials. The remainder, although in some in- 

 stances not without special interest, are published to illustrate 

 our essential variations in the daily diet used. 



