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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Total Rations consumed by Each Cow (Pounds). 

 Blood Meal Ration. 



Cows. 



First-cut 

 Hay. 



Hominy 

 Meal. 



Blood 

 Meal. 



Cotton-seed 

 Meal. 



Blanche, 

 Brigbty, 

 Dora, . 

 May, . 

 Totals, 



C16 

 504 

 504 

 C16 



112 



112 

 112 

 112 



336 



448 



126 



Cotton-seed Meal Ration. 



Blanche, 

 Brigbty, 

 Dora, . 

 May, . 

 Totals, 



61G 

 504 

 504 

 616 



2,240 



.336 



336 



252 



The first-cut haj consisted largely of Kentucky blue grass 

 together with some clover. The bran and hominy were of good 

 average quality. The blood obtained of Armour & Co. was 

 especially prepared for cattle feeding, and tested 84.64 per 

 cent, protein ; the cotton-seed meal was bright in color and 

 tested 45.36 per cent, protein. It will be seen that twice as 

 much cotton-seed meal as blood was fed, the jcorresponding 

 amounts furnishing approximately like amounts of digestible 

 protein. The deficiency of carbohydrate material in the blood 

 was made up by the addition of an extra pound of hominy meal. 

 The average basal ration consisted of 20 pounds hay, 3 pounds 

 bran and 3 pounds hominy, while the addition was 1 pound 

 hominy and 1.13 pounds blood, against 2.25 pounds cotton-seed 

 meal. 



