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that the majority of cows iu Essex County, are underfed 

 and are not forced up to the point from whence come'^ 

 the greatest profit. There is a golden mean and that is 

 what we want to find. In the fourth pferiod, English 

 hay was left out, and twenty lbs. of mowed oats for tlie 

 first five days and 20 pounds of peas and oats for the 

 last five days were substituted. The same amount of 

 grain and mangels were fed, as in rations No. 2 and 3. 

 The mowed oats alone gave 10 per cent, more milk than 

 did the peas and oats. After two years experimenting, I 

 must say that I find dried pea vines a poor stock food. 

 This together with the fact, that the oats stood 10 days 

 too long, waiting for the peas to get in condition to cut, 

 accounts for the 10 per cent, reduction. The average cost 

 of a quart of milk in period No. 4, was 2.48+c. Com- 

 paring period No. 4, with period No. 2, we find that by 

 substituting the 20 lbs. of oats and peas in place of the 

 20 lbs. of hay, that the cost of a quart of milk was re- 

 duced 22-100 of 1 cent, while the quantity given dimin- 

 ished 14.4 qts. The loss on quantity at 3 1-2 c. qt. 

 amounted to 50.4 cents, while the amount gained by the re- 

 duction of cost per qt. was 87.2 c. From the foregoing, 

 it is evident that mowed oats at ilG.OO per ton, can be 

 profitably substituted in place of good hay, when the latter 

 is •'ii<20.00 per ton. Cattle tire of an oat fodder diet easily 

 however, and will not do as well on it for a month, as 

 they will for a week. Mowed oats can be used to the 

 best advantage by feeding once each day, and when so fed 

 in connection with English hay, I consider them worth 

 118.00 per ton, when hay costs 820.00. In the fifth period, 

 we put the 5 cows in the test, back on to 20 lbs. of Eng- 

 lish hay, continued to feed the peck of mangels, and in 

 place of 4 lbs. of linseed, 2 lbs. cob meal and 2 lbs. of 

 shorts, we fed during the first 5 days, 4 lbs. of oats and 3 

 lbs. of shorts, and in the last 5 days, 3 lbs. of oats and 3 

 lbs. cob meal. The oats and shorts gave the best results. 

 The average cost of a quart of milk, during the fifth 



