54 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Average Composition of the Daily Fodder Rations — Concluded. 



Series II.* 



Series Ill.t 



a. 

 "Wheat bran, . 

 Cotton-seed meal. 

 Corn meal, 

 Rowen, . 

 Corn stover, . 

 Nutritive ratio, 

 Total cost, 

 Manurial value obtainalj 

 Net cost, . 



3.00 lbs. 

 3.00 " 

 3.00 " 

 9.00 " 

 6.56 " 

 1:4.14 



19 38 cts. 



10.12 " 

 9.26 <' 



Buffalo gluten feed, . . 3.00 lbs. 

 Chicago gluten meal, . . 3.00 " 

 Cotton-seed meal, . . . 3.00 " 



Bo wen 14.00 " 



Corn stover, . . . . 4.00 " 

 Nutritive ratio, . . . 1 : 3.06 

 Total cost, .... 20.13 cts. 

 Manurial value obtainable, .11.13 " 

 Net cost, 9.00 '< 



* Periods 14 days long. 



t Periods 9 days long. 



Dates of the Series. 



Semes I. a. 

 Cows 1, 2 and 3. 

 Cows 4, 5 and 6. 



Semes II. a. 

 Cows 1, 2 and 3. 

 Cows 4, 5 and 6. 



Semes I. 6. 

 Cows 4, 5 and 6. 

 Cows 1, 2 and 3. 



Semes II. 6. 

 Cows 4, 5 and 6. 

 Cows 1, 2 and 3. 



April 8 to April 16, 

 April 22toAiii-il 30, 



Semes III. a. 

 Cows 1, 2 and 3. 

 Cows 4, 5 and 6. 



Semes III. b. 

 Cows 4, 5 and 6. 

 Cows 1, 2 aud 3. 



