34 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



left unconsumed was cut and either turned into hay or placed 

 in silos (see farther on for details under field experiments). 



The grain feed ration remained the same throughout the 

 entire season, Buftalo gluten feed, wheat bran and cotton- 

 seed meal, three pounds of each daily per animal. 



The cows used were, as has been the case in all our pre- 

 vious observations, grades of various descriptions and of a 

 similar ofeneral character as on those occasions. 



History of Cows. 



The general management of this feeding experiment was 

 the same as on preceding occasions. 



Local Market Cost per Ton of the Various Articles of Fodder used. 

 Wheat bran f 20 00 



Gluten feed (Buffalo), . 

 Cotton-seed meal, . 

 Rowen, .... 

 Sugar beets, . 

 Green rye, 

 Canada peas and oats (green) 

 Vetch and oats (green), . 

 Corn fodder (green), 

 Serradella, 



23 00 

 28 00 

 15 00 

 5 00 

 2 50 

 2 75 

 2 75 

 2 50 

 2 75 



* Unknown. 



