U AOKICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



It will be o])servp(I that only two of the cows, viz., Gem 

 and Florence, were retained during the entire experiment, 

 several having been dropped, owing to a too advanced stage 

 of milking, and new milch cows put in their places. The 

 records of all the cows on trial are, however, presented, as 

 they furnish data from which to judge of the comparative 

 feeding etlects of the several varieties of fodder. 



Descrijjtion of Fodder Articles. 



The grain feed remained constant throughout the entire 

 experiment, and consisted of Buffalo gluten feed, wheat 

 bran and cotton-seed meal. The chemical and mechanical 

 condition was good. 



The coarse feed consisted of good hay of mixed grasses, 

 rowen (second cut of grass lands), well-cured hay of peas 

 and oats, corn stover, corn and soja-])ean ensilage and 

 globe mangolds. 



The ensilage was made from ' ' Pride of the North " corn 

 and a late variety of soja liean, cut up into pieces several 

 inches in lenoth. The corn was cut for ensilao-e w^hen the 

 kernels had begun to glaze. The soja bean was a late 

 variety which failed to blossom. When cut it measured 

 three and one-half feet in height. 



Silo No. 1 contained equal weight parts of corn and soja 

 bean, while silo No. 2 contained two parts of soja l)ean to 

 one part of corn. These ensilages are called respectively 

 corn and soja-l)ean ensilage and soja-bean and corn ensilage. 

 The silos were filled rapidly, and treated as described in 

 previous reports. Silo No. 1 was ranch larger, and con- 

 tained several times as much ensilage as No. 2. 



The corn stover Avas obtained from the same variety of 

 corn as that put into the silo, and is the field-cured plant 

 remaining after the fully matured ears have been removed. 

 It was cut into short lengths before being fed. The hay of 

 peas and oats was the portion that remained over from the 

 sunnner green feeding, and was cut when in latci IjIossoui 

 and di'ied. 



The following tables contain the analyses of the various 

 grains and coarse fodders, toirethcr with their fertili/iiiiji; 

 value obtainal)le after they have passed through the animal, 

 i. e., in the manure. 



