426 



gest as a daily ration, likely to give good results, some such 

 mixture as the following. 



The figures being suitable for an animal of about 1000 Ibs. live 

 weight. 



Linseed cake Ibs. 3 kilogs. 1.363 



Decorticated cotton cake. s > 3 I -3^3 



Clover hay chaff. ... 10 4-545 



Maize or barley meal. 2 0.908 



Oat straw chaffed . . . >> 5 2.272 



Roots :> 40 1 8. 1 80 



This would provide about: 



2.55 Ibs. (kilogs. 1.157) digestible proteids 

 0.99 ( 0.450) fat 



11.58 ( 5-257) carbohydrates, fibre and 



amides. 



THE SOY BEAN. Feeding Experiments with Soy Bean Cake. 



The Jo urn. of the Board of Agriculture p , December 1909, 

 Vol. XVI, N. 9. 



" Up to the present very few experiments on systematic lines 

 have been made with this cake, though it has been extensively 

 used for feeding purposes by farmers. 



One experiment, reported by Professor Gilchrist, of Armstrong 

 College, was carried out at the Cumberland and Westmorland Farm 

 School, and was intended to test the comparative feeding value 

 of soy bean cake and decorticated cotton cake. Three cows and 

 three heifers, after their first cal/ y were selected in February, 1909. 

 They were all at an early stage of their lactation period, and as 

 the milk naturally declined in quantity as the trial progressed, it 

 was decided to feed soy bean cake during the first and last three 

 weeks and decorticated cotton cake during the middle six weeks. 

 Each cow received daily 49 Ib. swedes or 42 Ib. mangolds, 14 Ib. 

 hay, 7 Ib. oat straw, 4 Ib. crushed oats, and 4 Ib. soy bean cake 

 or 4 Ib. decorticated cotton cake. 



As regards milk production, there was a slight advantage in 

 favour of the soy bean cake, but it was so small that the two 

 cakes were considered to be equal in this respect. Both foods also 

 gave similar results as regards the fat content of the milk. The 



