92 



HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Rations eaten Per Day (^Pounds) — Concluded. 



It was not considered advisable to feed more than from 12 

 to 15 pounds of the cotton-seed feed daily, and the addi- 

 tional quantity of coarse fodder was secured by adding from 

 2 to 5 pounds of hay, to suit the appetites of the various 

 animals. We have, then, 12 to 15 pounds of cotton-seed 

 feed, compared with a like amount of hay. The cotton-seed 

 feed was mixed daily in the proportion of 4 pounds of hulls 

 to 1 pound of meal. The hay w\as a mixture of grasses, with 

 Timothy predominating. Some clover was scattered through 



the mixture. 



Digestible Matter in Rations (Per Cent.). 



