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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Total Feeds consumed (Pounds). 



Experiment I. 



Experiment II. 



Experiment III. 



It will be seen from the footings and averages of the above 

 tables that the average basal ration in each half of each experi- 

 ment consisted of like amonnts of hav and bran, to which were 

 added like amonnts of either corn meal or ground oats. Hence 

 a definite amonnt of corn meal was compared with a like 

 amonnt of ground oats. 



In the first experiment the dry matter in the corn meal and 

 in the oats showed comparatively slight variation. In the sec- 

 ond experiment, however, the corn meal averaged 85.37 per 



