12 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



o:h feedi]s^g experiments. 



I. Feeding experiments with milch cows, to determine the 

 vakie of fodder corn, corn stover and corn ensilage, as compared 

 with English hay ; and also of corn ensilage, as compared with 

 that of sugar beets and carrots. The statement closes with a 

 summary of observations in that connection dui'ing four successive 

 years, 1885 to 1889. 



II. Feeding experiments with milch cows, to ascertain the 

 value of vetch and oats, of cow-pea and of serradella when fed as 

 green fodder in part or in the whole for English hay. The results 

 reported are those of the third year of our trial. 



III. Record of twelve cows kept at the Massachusetts Experi- 

 ment Station. 



IV. Creamery record of the ^station during the years 1887, 

 1888 and 1889 ; and some observations made during visits to the 

 patrons of two creameries in our vicinity. 



V. Feeding experiments with pigs ; skim-milk, barley meal, 

 corn meal, wheat bran and gluten meal serving as fodder 

 ingredients of the daily diet. 



VI. Fodder analyses. 



I. Record of Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows, 



TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE VaLUE OF FODDER 



Corn, Corn Stover and Corn Ensilage, as com- 

 pared WITH THAT of English Hay ; and of Corn 

 Ensilage as compared avith that of Sugar Beets . 

 AND OF Carrots, under Otherwise Corresponding 

 Circumstances. Fourth Year of Observation, 

 from November, 1888, to May, 1889. 



The experiment was conducted upon the same general 

 plan as during the preceding years, the principal object of 

 the investigation remaining the same as stated above. A 



