1858.] 



SENATE— No. 4. 



221 



Memorandum of feeding six Cows at the Slate Farm, Westhoroiigh, fftecn dai/s, 

 from April 6, to April 20, hoth inclusive, on cut meadow hay and corn fodder, 

 half each, and four pounds of Indian meal, three pounds of the hay wet and 

 the meal sprinkled over it ichen fed. 



First day, 



Second day, . 



Third day, . 



Fourth day, . 



Fifth day, . 



Sixth day. 



Seventh day. 



Eighth day, . 



Ninth day, . 



Tenth day, . 



Eleventh day, 



Twelfth day. 



Thirteenth day, . 



Fourteenth day, . 



Fifteenth day. 



Total hay and fodder consumed, 



Average daily consumption in 

 pounds and hundredths, 



Average morning and evening w't 

 on first day of trial, 



Average morning and evening w't 

 on last day of trial. 



Average weight for the 15 days, . 



Per cent, of hay consumed on live 

 weiglit, daily, 



17 



14i 



17 



16 



14 



13 



14 



15 



11 



17 



15 



14 



18 1 



18| 



16 



230 

 15.33 



1,047 



1,032 

 1,039 



1.48 



m 

 m 



19} 

 19i 

 21 



18] 



18,V 



1^ 



221 



20 



21] 



19i 



221 



22i 



21? 



24 1 



19! 



20] 



19| 



21| 



20] 



201 



20 1 



18 



19 



18 



22 ! 



22 



221 



21? 



305 



20.33 



990 



980 

 985 



2.06 



311 



20.70 



993 



875 

 902 



2.29 



di 



211 

 191 

 191 



19i 



22 



211 



221 



24' 



18 



20 



21 



221 



22 



24 



22| 



24 



18} 



19| 



19] 



221 



211 



211 



22} 



23 



21 



22} 



22} 



25 



25 



24} 



320 

 21.33 



892 



877 

 885 



2.41 



333 



22 20 



985 



977 

 981 



2.26 



^ 



24} 



20 



19} 



20} 



20 



20 



211 



21} 



19} 



22i 



22] 



24} 



23 



22} 



319 

 21.26 



992 



985 

 985 



2.15 



1,818 



5,836 

 5,726 



As the feed in this trial is the same as in the last, with the excep- 

 tion of the substitution of meal for shorts, the diminished loss may 

 fairly be attributed to the increased nutriment in the meal com- 

 pared with the shorts ; valuing this diminished loss at four cents the 

 pound, it amounts to $8.52. The consumption of hay in this trial 

 was seventy-four pounds less than in the last, which, at $3.83 the 

 ton, its value, as shown in the last trial amounts to fourteen cents, 

 which, deducted from $8.52, leaves $8.38 as the value of the dimin- 

 ished loss and as the difference between the value of three hundred 

 and sixty pounds of Indian meal and four hundred and fifty pounds 

 of shorts — showing that if shorts are worth $27 the ton, as shown 

 in the second trial, Indian meal is worth $46.54 the ton. 



