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or 3 lbs. of Indian meal. The cows in all the trials had free 

 access to water. 



December 10, 1851, commenced feeding one cow 72 months 

 old, one do. 96 months old, one do. 48 months old, five heifers 

 32 months old, seven heifers 22 months old, four calves 9 

 months old, four calves 8 months old. These cattle weighed, 

 live weight, 14,567 lbs.; were fed five days on 277 lbs. of cut 

 hay daily, and drank daily, 887 lbs. of water ; dropped daily, 

 668 lbs. of solid manure, or 2.41 lbs. of manure for one lb. of 

 hay consumed. 



Second trial commenced December 16, 1851. Fed same 

 cattle five days on 352 lbs. hay daily ; solid manure dropped 

 daily, 860 lbs., or 2.44 lbs. for one lb. of hay consumed; drank 

 daily, 868 lbs. water. 



February 28, commenced feeding one cow, 72 months old, 

 one do. 96 months old, and one, 48 months old, three heifers, 

 82 months old, and six heifers, 22 months old. The live weight 

 of these cattle was 9,472 lbs. ; these cattle were fed five days 

 240 lbs. cut hay daily ; solid manure dropped daily, 594 lbs., 

 or 2.47 lbs. manure for one pound of hay consumed. Drank 

 daily, 542 lbs. water. 



Hay consumed in the three trials, . . . 869 lbs. 



Manure dropped " » « ... 2,122 " 



The proportion of manure to hay, is as 2.44 lbs. of manure 

 to one pound of hay ; the manure weighed 50 lbs. the cubic 

 foot. 



Manure, after remaining under my barn one year, weighed 

 44 lbs. the cubic foot ; a loss of 6 lbs. in one year, or 12 per 

 cent, of its weight when recently dropped. 



Princeton, March 22, 1852. 



It has been thought expedient to connect wdth the foregoing 

 report, the following letter from Hon. John W. Lincoln, Presi- 

 dent of the society. Although it was originally written for 

 the columns of the New England Farmer, its paternity is jus- 

 tification for its insertion in the Transactions of the Society 

 over which he presides. The facts it details would seem to 

 settle vague surmises and conjectures which have been circu- 



