6 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



of corn meal and hominy and cerealine feeds for pork pro- 

 duction, wlien fed in combination with skim-milk. It was 

 found that the pigs did quite as well on these feeds as on an 

 equal amount of corn meal, (b) On salt-marsh hay. It 

 was found to possess less feeding value than English hay, 

 but, combined with grain and ensilage, produced nearly as 

 much milk and butter as an equal amount of English hay 

 thus combined, (c) On cotton-seed feed as a hay substi- 

 tute for milch cows. More energy was used up in its di- 

 gestion than in hay, and it was concluded that Massachusetts 

 farmers would derive no benefit from feedino; this material 

 in place of hay. 



Reports of the different divisions, giving in detail the 

 work of the year, accompany this brief summary. 



