1889.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 4. 417 



0]Sr FEEDmG EXPERIMENTS. 



1888. 



I. Feeding Experiments with MiloTi Cows ; English Hay, Com Stover, 

 Fodder Corn, Corn Ensilage, Corn Meal, Com and Cob Meal, Wheat 

 Bran and Gluten Meal. 



IT. Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows ; Green Fodder, Vetch 

 and Oats, Southern Cow-pea, Hay, Rowen, Corn Meal, Wheat Bran and 

 Gluten Meal. 



III. Feeding Experiments with Pigs ; Skim Milk, Corn Meal, Corn 

 and Cob Meal, Gluten Meal and Wheat Bran. 



I. Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows ; English 

 Hay, Corn Stover, Fodder Corn, Corn Ensilage, 

 Corn Meal, Corn and Cob Meal, Wheat Bran and 

 Gluten Meal. 



During the year 1886 a series of feeding experiments with 

 milch cows was inaugurated for the purpose of comparing 

 the feeding effects of dry corn fodder, of corn ensilage and 

 of corn stover, as a substitute in whole or in part for Eng- 

 lish hay ; and that of corn ensilage, as compared with various 

 kinds of roots, as far as practicable, under corresponding 

 circumstances. The same variety of corn, if not otherwise 

 specified, served for each trial. The corn ensilage used on 

 these occasions has been produced in every instance from a 

 corn crop of the same advanced state of maturity as the one 

 which furnished the dry corn fodder, i. e., at the beginning 

 of the glazing over of the kernels. 



The daily diet of the cows consisted, at the beginning of 

 the experiment, of three and one-quarter pounds of com 

 meal, an equal amount of wheat bran, and all the hay they 

 could eat. This combination of fodder articles was adopted 

 as the basis of our investigation mainly for the reason that 



