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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



weights were from twenty-two to twenty-six pounds in case 

 of different animals. The same fodder articles were used as 

 in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth experiments ; they were, 

 however, fed in different proportions. The daily ration of 

 corn meal was gradually increased during the progress of 

 the experiment, for the purpose of altering the relative pro- 

 portion between the nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous matter 

 in the feed. The relative proportion of one part of digestible 

 nitrogenous matter to two and nine-tenths parts of digestible 

 non-nitrogenous matter was changed at stated periods until 

 it reached 1 : 4.28 ; practically, three feeding periods. 



Average of Daily Rations (Experiment VII.). 



June 28 to July 11, 

 July 12 to July 25, 

 July 26 to July 28, 

 July 29 to Aug. 8, 

 Aug. 9 to Aug. 15, 

 Aug. 16 to Aug. 23, 

 Aug. 24 to Aug. 29, 

 Aug. 30 to Sept. 12, 

 Sept. 13 to Sept. 23, 

 Sept. 27 to Oct. 11, 

 Oct. 12 to Oct. 27. 



8.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 14.67 

 17.34 

 20 00 

 23.34 

 29.00 

 47.00 

 62.66, 



1.34 

 2.00 

 2.68 

 5.33 

 8.00 

 11.35 

 17.00 

 12.00 

 15.68 



2.66 

 4.00 

 2.66 

 5.33 

 8.00 

 11.35 

 17.00 

 12.00 

 15.66 



