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pounds each; or corn ensilage, of either variety as above, 

 32 to 40 pounds each, with English hay, 5 pounds. 



The market cost of the daily grain feed rations varied 

 from 10.5 to 11.5 cents. The market cost of the daily 

 coarse feed ration varied from 4.00 to 14.0 cents per head. 

 The daily yield of milk, it has been noticed, is in a higher 

 degree affected by the coarse feed part of the daily diet, than 

 by the grain feed part. 



The quality of the milk depends to a considerable extent 

 on the character and quantity of grain feed used ; the con^ 

 dition and the constitution of the animal controls the degree 

 of improvement in the quality of the milk. 



Second Feeding Experimeyxt {May 27 to Sept. 27, 1892). 



Average daily fodder rations, per head : — 



Fhie Feed Stuffs. — Buffalo gluten feed, wheat bran, cot- 

 ton-seed meal, 3 pounds of each. (No change during 

 experiments.) 



Coarse Feed Stuffs. — (May 27 to June 13.) 1. Green 

 rye, 14-15 pounds ; rowen, 5 pounds. (June 18 to June 

 28.) 2. Peas and oats, 27-28 pounds; rowen, 5 pounds. 

 (July 4 to August 3.) 3. Vetch and oats, 37-38 pounds; 

 rowen, 5 pounds. (September 17 to September 27.) 4. 

 Serradella, 20 pounds ; corn fodder, 30 pounds ; rowen, 5 

 pounds. 



The local market cost of the daily grain feed ration was 

 11.1 cents; the local market cost of the daily coarse feed 

 ration varied from 9.80 to 5.33 cents. The market cost of 

 the whole daily diet varied per head from 20.9 to 16.43 

 cents. The o1)tainal)Ie manurial value of the daily rations 

 varied from 9.9 cents (1) to 13.40 cents (4.) 



B. Feeding Experiments ivitJi Young Steers for the Meat 



Market. 



Three feeding experiments with young steers have thus 

 far l)een conducted at the station, a fourth one is at present 

 under way. 



Our results thus far ol)taincd arc on the whole rather 

 more instructive than renmnerative. A market price of 3| 



