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The arain ration remained constant during- the entire ex- 

 periment, and consisted of three pounds each of wheat bran, 

 Bufialo ffluten feed and cotton-seed meal. One-half the 

 grain was fed at the time of milking in the morning, together 

 with one-half of the coarse fodder ; and the other half, together 

 with the remainder of the coarse fodder, at the time of milk- 

 ino- in the afternoon, about five o'clock. 



The animals were watered twice each day, al)out two 

 hours after feeding. 



The amount of coarse fodder fed depended upon the in- 

 dividual appetite of the diflerent animals. Hay constituted 

 the entire coarse feed in the first feeding period, and 

 amounted to fifteen pounds per day. In the second period 

 fifteen pounds of globe mangolds were added. The corn 

 stover consumed in the third period amounted to from twelve 

 to fourteen pounds daily. When first fed the animals con- 

 sumed somewhat more, luit the amount gradually decreased 

 to twelve to fourteen pounds, which can be regarded as the 

 average daily consumption. During the fourth and fifth 

 periods the hay feed was limited to four pounds daily, while 

 the ensilage was fed ad libitum. This generally amounted 

 to from forty to sixty pounds per day, with fifty pounds as a 

 fair average. During the sixth period the hay of peas and 

 oats consumed varied from fourteen to sixteen pounds daily, 

 and the rowen in the seventh period, from sixteen to eighteen 

 pounds per day. 



For more details see the record of each cow. 



Local 3farket Cost, per Ton, of the Various Articles of Fodder. 



Wheat bran, $19 00 



Buffalo gluten feed, 20 00 



Cotton-seed meal, 28 00 



Hay, 15 00 



Rowen, 15 00 



Hay of peas and oats, 15 00 



Com stover, . , 5 00 



Corn and soja-bean ensilage, 2 75 



Sqja-bean and corn ensilage, 2 75 



Globe mangolds, 4 00 



The commercial value of the various fodder rations about 

 to be described is based upon the above-stated market cost. 



