30 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



II. 



OBJECTS OF THE FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTS. 



III. Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows. 



1. October to December, 1893. 



To note the comparative feeding effects of English hay, 

 hay of vetch and oats and soja bean and barley straw upon 

 the production and cost of milk. 



Grain feed was constant, and consisted of wheat bran, 

 Buflalo gluten feed and new-process linseed meal. 



2. January to May, 1894. 



{ci) To determine how much digestible protein can be 

 economically fed to milch cows. 



(b) To determine the effect of different quantities of pro- 

 tein upon the quantity and quality of the milk. 



3. Creamery Record of the Station. 



The tabulated results of the station herd for 181)3 and 

 1894. 



IV. Hay Substitutes. 



A resume of some experiments with. vetch and oats and 

 peas and oats, calling attention to their value for milk pro- 

 duction, as compared with English hay. 



V. The Babcock v. the Space System as a Basis for 

 Payment in Massachusetts Creameries. 



The object of this experiment is to call attention to the 

 composition of cream from various patrons raised by the 

 deep-setting process, in order to see if the payment for 

 cream by the space (or fraction of an inch) is equally just 

 to all parties. The Babcock method is contrasted with the 

 space system. 



