12 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



(OT FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 



1890. 



I. Two Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows. 



II. One Feeding Experiment with Lambs. 



III. Two Feeding Experiments with Pigs. 



IV. Fodder Analyses. 



I. 



1 . Some general remarks on our previous feeding experiments 

 with milch cows. 2. Feeding experiments with milch cows, to 

 compare the value of old-process linseed meal with that of new- 

 process linseed meal, when fed pound for pound under otherwise 

 corresponding conditions. 8. Feeding experiments with milch 

 cows, to compare the economical value of reputed fodder crops, — 

 vetch and oats, and soja bean, — when fed as green fodder in part 

 or in whole as substitutes for English hay. 4. Creamery record 

 for 1889 and 1890. 



1. Some General Remarks on our Previously Reported 

 Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows. 



A careful examination of our last annual report cannot 

 fail to show that our feeding experiments with milch cows, 

 previous to the close of 1889, were chiefly instituted for 

 the purpose of securing a satisfactory answer to the follow- 

 ing questions : — 



1. What is the comparative feeding effect of dry fodder 

 corn, of dry corn stover, and of a good corn ensilage, when 

 used in part or in the whole as a substitute for English hay 

 (upland meadow hay), in the daily diet of milch cows, and 

 also that of a good root crop in place of corn ensilage ; the 

 amount and kind of grain feed remaining, for obvious reasons, 

 the same under otherwise corresponding circumstances? 



