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plemented by 280 pounds of corn meal and 392 pounds 

 of bran, we find, 2374 pounds of corn-stalks yield 1120 

 pounds 12 oz. milk, making 57 pounds \ oz. butter; 755 

 pounds of mixed hay yield 1063 pounds 15 ozs. milk, mak- 

 ing 56 pounds \\ ozs. butter, or 56 pounds 13 ozs. milk, 

 and 15 ozs. of butter more from the stalks than from 

 the mixed hay. 



Comparing corn-stalks with clover hay, as in the pre- 

 vious instance, we find 1867 pounds corn stalks yield 1079 

 pounds 3 ozs. milk, making 52 pounds 2J ozs. butter ; 

 6421J pounds clover hay yield 1059 pounds 1 oz. milk, 

 making 54 pounds 8J ozs. butter, or 20 pounds 2 ozs. 

 more milk, and 2 pounds 6 ozs. more butter from the corn- 

 stalks than from the clover hay. 



Taking into consideration the fact that the milk and 

 butter yield are both larger from stalks than from the 

 mixed hay, it is fair to say that the corn-stalks were worth 

 one-third as much as the mixed hay that is, one ton of 

 mixed hay is worth three tons of stalks fed as these were. 



From the^ second trial we see that one ton of clover hay 

 was worth somewhat more than three tons of corn-stalks 

 fed as described. 



In the two trials 4,241 pounds of stalks were fed, and 

 1450 pounds weighed back as coarse parts that the cows 

 refused to eat. This is over 34 per cent of the whole 

 amount of the stalks, by weight, lost by feeding in this 

 manner. 



Arranging figures in another form, we have the follow- 

 ing : Food required for 100 pounds of milk when feeding 

 corn-stalks 193 pounds of corn-stalks, 25 pounds of 

 corn meal, 35 pounds of wheat bran. Food required 

 for 100 pounds of butter when feeding corn-stalks 

 3,880 pounds of corn-stalks, 514 pounds of corn meal, 

 719 pounds of wheat bran. Food required for 100 



