128 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIOX. [Jan. 



Analyses of the Various Articles of Fodder used. 



Fertilizing Constituents. 

 [Nitrogen 15 cents, phosphoric acid 5^ cents, potassium oxide 4J cents, per pound.] 



Fertilizer Analyses. 



•a 



o a> 

 m 



Moisture, .... 



Nitrogen 



Phosphoric acid, . . 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Valuation per 2,000 pounds, 



8.97 

 3.81 

 0.69 

 0.42 

 $12 57 



84.30 

 0.20 

 0.089 

 0.41 

 $1 06 



3. Mode of Feeding. 



The grain feed portion of the daily diet consisted in every 

 instance of equal weights of either wheat bran and Chicago 

 maize feed or of wheat ])ran and BuH'alo gluten feed. The 

 amount of each used per head in the daily fodder ration 

 varied in different feeding periods somewhat ; during the 

 earlier stages of the experiment it amounted to five ounces 

 of each, per head, during later periods to six ounces. All 

 animals received the same quantity at the same stage of the 

 observation. 



