No. 4.] 



SALT MARSH HAY. 



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Ration B. 



Non- 



Albuminoids, 



Pounds. 



10 pounds English hay, furnishing, 

 10 pounds salt hay, furnishing, . 



2 pounds cotton-seed meal (one and three- 



quarters quarts), furnishing, 



3 pounds gluten (two quarts), furnishing, 



4 pounds wheat (two and one-half quarts), fur 



nishing, 



Total, . . . o . . 



4.76 

 4.58 



.84 

 1.84 



2.62 



14.64 



Ration C. 



3. Where ensilaire is a part of the ration. This is the most 

 desirable condition of all. The use of ensilage invariably 

 gives animals a desire for coarse fodder, and there is little 

 difficulty in getting them to eat up the coarsest of foods 

 which otherwise might be left but half consumed ; and the 

 best advice I can give to those of 3^ou who have salt marsh 

 is to devote enough of your uplands to the raising of corn, 

 so that you may house at least three tons of ensilage for 

 each ton of salt hay you propose to feed. 



