1893.] 



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Analyses of Fine Feed used. 

 [Grain Feed ] 



Fe rt iliz ing Constituents. 

 [Nitrogen 15 cents, phosphoric acid 5^ cents, potassium oxide 4^ cents, per pound ] 



TJte coarse feed- stuffs used in the daily diet consisted on 

 this occasion either of a good English hay with sugar 

 beets, or of one-fourth of a daily ration of a good English 

 hay with all the ensilage the animal would consume, or of a 

 well-cured corn stover. The hay consumed throughout the 

 experiment was of the same fair quality. 



The corn ensilage was obtained in part from a dent corn 

 variety, " Pride of the North," and in part from a sweet 

 corn variety, " Stowell's Evergreen." The same varieties 

 of corn furnished the corn stover. Both kinds of corn were 

 of a corresponding stage of growth when secured for the 



