150 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The daily quantity of this feed was governed by the 

 appetite of each animal. Whenever the supply of either kind 

 of milk, or of both kinds, Avas exhausted, the additional feed 

 called for was prepared in the following manner : — 



Period I. 



Wheat bran, one weight part, 

 Gluten meal, two weight parts, 



/' Corn meal, one weight part. 

 Period II. \ Wheat bran, one weight part, 

 .Gluten meal, one weight i:)art, 



I, 



/-Corn meal, two weight i)arts, 

 Period III. < Wheat bran, one weight jjart, 

 C Gluten meal, one weight part. 



Nutritive 

 Ratio. 



1:2.80 



1:3.80 



. )> 1:4.35 



The entire management of tJie feeding tvas divided, as iciU 

 be noticed, into three periods, as far as the nutritive character 

 of the daily diet ivas concerned. 



Live Wcifflit. 



Nutritive Katio. 



Period I., . 

 Period II., 

 Period III., 



20 to 90 pounds, 

 90 to 130 jjounds, 

 130 to 200 pounds, 



1:2.80 

 1:3.80 

 1:4.35 



During the summer season the feed was given twice a day ; 

 during the winter season, three times. Whenever the milk 

 did not satisfy the thirst of the animals warm water was 

 added to the grain to meet the temporary wants. 



The results of the two first experiments, being more of an 

 experimental character, are subsequently given in a brief 

 abstract ; the third experiment is reported also in regard to 

 all details of a special interest. Those animals Avhich for 

 more than a few days refused to consume a fair share of their 

 daily diet are excluded from the record, in common with a 

 few losses soon after their arrival during our first and 

 second experiment. 



