58 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



//. To .'secure facts relating to the actual, cost of heef pro- 

 duction in 3IassacJmsefts binder existing loccd conditions. 



III. To compare the relative merits and cost of pasture 

 vs. soiling during the summer season. 



1. Feeding Record of First Winter and Spring 



Seasons. 



Bee. 1, 1891, to June 12, 1892. 



[Coarse fodders : bay, corn ensilage, corn stover, green rye, turnips, mangolds 

 and sugar beets ; grains : wbeat bi'an, Chicago maize feed and Buffalo gluten feed.] 



Local Market Cost, per Ton, of the Various Articles of Fodder 



used. 



Wheat bran, . 

 Chicago maize feed, 

 Buffalo gluten feed, 

 Hay, . . . 



Dent com ensilage,* 

 Sweet corn ensilage, 

 Dent corn stover,* 

 Green lye, 

 Turnips, . 

 Mangolds, 

 Sugar beets, . 



$22 00 



25 00 



23 GO 



15 00 



2 50 



2 50 



5 00 



2 50 



2 50 



4 00 



5 00 



* Pride of the North. 



Analyses of Fine Feed used. 



