1892.] 



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Composition of Fodder Articles, etc. — Concluded. 

 Com Stover. 



1890-91. 



3. Summer Feeding Experiment with Milch Cows, 

 July 6 to Sept. 26, 1891. 



Green feed : vetch and oats, soja beans and fodder corn. 

 Grain feed : corn meal, wheat bran, dried brewers' grain, gluten 

 meal (Chicago). 



The feeding experiment here under discussion is a con- 

 tinuation of similar ones carried on during the summer 

 season in preceding years (since 1887) for the purpose of 

 ascertaining the comparative feeding value and the general 

 economy of various reputed green fodder crops in the dairy 

 industry. Our late observation includes, of green crops, 

 besides vetch and oats and soja beans of former years, as an 

 addition the green fodder corn. The two first named green 

 crops were cut for feed at the beginning of blooming, and 

 they were fed until our supply was either exhausted or 

 until they were fully matured yet still succulent. The green 

 fodder corn was first cut for feed when the kernels were 

 fully developed yet in the milk. The grain feed ration 

 consisted throughout the entire experiment of corn meal 

 and gluten meal, alternating either with wheat bran or dried 

 brewers' grain. The daily ration of grain feed amounted 



