1858.] 



SENATE— No. 4. 



223 



Memorandum of feeding six Cows on Uie Stale Farm, Wcslhoroiu/h, eight days, 

 from Mag G to Mag 13, hotli inclusive, on cut English hag and twentg pounds 

 of carrots, dailg. 



First day, 



Second daj', 



Third day, 



Fourth day, 



Fifth day, 



Sixth day, 



Seventh daj', 



Eighth 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 IS days, . 



Per cent, of hay consumed on live 

 weight, daily, 



21 



20 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 19 



19.75 



847 



874 

 861 



2 29 



19 

 20 

 IS 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 22 

 161 



20.12 



862 



876 

 869 



2.32 



970 



5,602 

 5,745 



It was the intention of the committee to continue this trial fifteen 

 days, but the supply of carrots failing, they were compelled to close 

 it at the end of eight days. The six cows consumed in eight days 

 nine hundred and seventy pounds of hay and nine hundred and sixty 

 pounds of carrots, and gained in weight one hundred and forty-three 

 pounds, Vv'hich, estimated at four cents the pound, comes to $5.72. 

 The roots consumed daily, the same as in the last trial, the compari- 

 son comes between the meadow hay and corn fodder in the last, and 

 the English hay in this trial — showing the nine hundred and seventy 

 pounds of hay in this to be worth $5.72 more than the nine hundred 

 and eighty-one pounds of hay and fodder consumed in eight days of 

 the last trial, or meadow and corn fodder in the fifth trial, at $3.83 

 the ton ; the value shown in the third trial equals English hay at 

 $15.G8 the ton, corresponding, nearly, with the result shown in the 

 third trial, in which English hay was estimated at $15 the ton. 



John Beooks. 



