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The daily coarse feed rations consisted either of rowen hay 

 or of rowen hay with either corn ensihige or roots (gk)l)e 

 mangolds). Whenever corn ensilage or roots were fed in 

 common with rowen hay, only one-half of the customary 

 daily rowen ration was given, while the consumption of corn 

 ensilage or of the roots was governed l)y the appetite of 

 each animal. One-half of the daily fodder ration — fine and 

 coarser feed — was fed in the morning and the other half 

 later in the afternoon. Water was given once a day, a few 

 hours after feeding (mornings). 



The entire experiment extended over a period of one 

 hundred and eighty-three days, and was sul)divided into 

 five distinct feeding periods, varying in length from fourteen 

 to thirty-five days, with five days between the periods. 



Average Composition of the Daily Fodder Rations icsed during the 

 Six Successive Feeding Periods. 



II. 



III. 



IV 



January 17 to February 22. 

 Wheat bran (pounds), . 0.35 



Maize feed (pounds), . .0.35 

 Rowen (i^ounds), . . 0.77 

 Dent corn ensilage (pounds), 1.97 

 Nutritive ratio, . . 1 : 5 . 26 

 Total cost (cents), . . 1.65 

 Manurial value obtainable 



(cents), . . . .0.80 

 Net cost (cents), . . .0.85 



February 26 to March 23. 

 Wheat bran (pounds), . 0.38 



Maize feed (pounds), . . 0.38 

 Rowen (pounds), . . 0.84 



Sweetcorn ensilage (pounds) , 2 . 68 

 Nutritive ratio, . . 1:5.34 

 Total cost (cents), . . 1.86 

 ]\Ianurial value obtainable 



(cents), .... 0.88 

 Net cost (cents), . . .0.98 



