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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Total Rations consumed hy Each Cow (Pounds). 

 Blood Meal Ration. 



Cows. 



First-cut 

 Hay. 



Bran. 



Hominy 

 Meal. 



Blood 

 Meal. 



Cotton-seed 

 Meal. 



Blanche, 

 Brighty, 

 Dora, . 

 May, . 

 Totals, 



Cotton-seed Meal Ration. 



Blanche, 

 Brighty, 

 Dora, . 

 May, . 

 Totals, 



70 

 56 

 56 

 70 



252 



Average Baily Ration consumed hy Each Cow (Pounds), 



The first-cut baj consisted largely of Kentucky blue grass 

 together with some clover. The bran and hominy were of good 

 average quality. The blood obtained of Armour & Co, Avas 

 especially prepared for cattle feeding, and tested 84.64 per 

 cent, protein ; the cotton-seed meal was bright in color and 

 tested 45.36 per cent, protein. It will be seen that twice as 

 rnuch cotton-seed meal as blood was fed, the corresponding 

 amounts furnishing approximately like amounts of digestible 

 protein. The deficiency of carbohydrate material in the blood 

 was made up by the addition of an extra pound of hominy meal. 

 The average basal ration consisted of 20 pounds hay, 3 pounds 

 bran and 3 pounds hominy, while the addition was 1 pound 

 hominy and 1.13 pounds blood, against 2.25 pounds cotton-seed 

 meal. 



