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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



Memorandum of feeding six Cows on the State Farm, Westhorougli, fifteen days 

 from April 21, to May 5, both inclusive, on cut meadow hay and corn fodder, 

 half each, and twenty pounds of carrots. 



First day, 



Second day, . 



Third day, . 



Fourth day, . 



Fifth day, . 



Sixth day, . 



Seventh day, 



Eighth day, . 



Ninth day, . 



Tenth day, . 



Eleventli 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' 

 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 

 weight, daily 



16| 

 18 

 15i 



l"i 



15,V 



loi 



16 



14! 



17i 



14] 



14] 



18| 



18 



16i 



17X 



24G| 

 16.43 



1,032 



932 



1,007 



1.63 



221 

 23} 

 19} 

 211 

 20i 

 20 



19} 

 18J 

 191 

 17| 

 15} 

 18J 

 18] 

 20i 

 19 



21 1 



22} 



20 



21' 



185 



19 



19} 



20 



20| 



16J 



18} 



16} 



17 



20 



161 



24 



23} 



19 



22} 



20 



20| 



20} 



19| 



21} 



19} 



19} 



19} 



211 



21} 



221 



241 



25} 



21} 



23} 



21} 



23} 



23} 



20 



23} 



191 



20 



22 



22 



21} 



24} 



295} 



19.70 



980 



961 

 970 



2.00 



288:; 



19.25 



875 



847 

 861 



2.24 



8143 



20.98 



862 

 870 



2.41 



336 



22.40 



977 



980 

 979 



2.29 



22' 



25i 



211 



22} 



21} 



23 



23} 



19} 



233 



193 



21 



22 



221 



211 



233 



333} 



22.21 



985 



970 

 978 



2.27 



1,8141 



5,725 

 5,602 



The six cows in this trial consumed eighteen hundred and fourteen 

 and three-fourths pounds of meadow hay and corn fodder, and eigh- 

 teen hundred pounds of carrots, and lost in weight one hundred and 

 twenty-four pounds, which, at four cents, comes to $4.90. The hay 

 and corn fodder consumed in this and the last trial Avas so nearly the 

 same, the comparison of the two comes directly between the value of 

 carrots in this trial and the Indian meal in the last, and shows three 

 hundred and sixty pounds of Indian meal to be worth -$4. 96 more 

 than eighteen hundred pounds of carrots ; or, if Indian meal is 

 worth $40.54 the ton, carrots are worth $3.78 the ton, or a fraction 

 over twelve pounds of carrots are equal to one pound of Indian meal. 



