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bushel roots, ono quart oil cake and two quarts oats, barley and pea 

 chop mixed with the roots make iup the ration. Much of the hay is 

 grown on undyked marshes. 



E. S. A., Truro, N.S. Feeds in pasture season 3 to 6 Ibs. meal 

 to newly-freshened cows. Feeds also large amounts of green feed, 

 viz., rape, mixed peas, oats and vetches, second cut of clover and 

 corn. In winter he supplies for roughage to 1 bushel roots, 15 

 to 20 Ibs. ensilage, 9 to 15 Ibs. hay. The meal ration is fixed, 

 according^ to the breed and production of the animal, between the 

 following figures: Holsteins, 12 to 15 Ibs.; Ayrshires, 7 to 12 Ibs.; 

 Jerseys, 6 to 10 Ibs. 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



J. F. R., Sussex, N.B. Cows prut to pasture end of May. Very 

 little grain is fed. Green feed (oats, peas and corn) is supplied. 

 In winter 4 Ibs. wheat middlings, 4 Ibs. bran O>T shorts, 2 Ibs. cotton- 

 seed meal, one-half bushel turnips and 30 Ibs. mixed hay are given. 



H. H. S., Upham, N.B. Cows put to pasture about middle of 

 June. Beginning of August green oats and peas are fed, and, later, 

 turnips along with 3 qiu-arts middlings, bran or meal. Turnips, 

 clover or timothy hay, 3 quarts bran, 3 quarts middlings, and one 

 quart meal make up the winter ration. 



E. A. S., Hampton, N.B. Does not usually feed grain while 

 cows are at pasture. Green feed is supplied in late summer. For 

 winter feed, one bushel pulped turnips, 8 to 10 Ibs. hay with one 

 Ib. of the following mixture for every 4 Ibs. of milk produoed: 

 3 bags bran, 2 bags middlings, 1 bag corn meal, 1 pail cottonseed 

 meal. 



G. R. Bloomfield Station, N.B. Cows put to pasture June 1. 

 No grain, but in August green feed (oats and peas, vetch and buck- 

 wheat) is supplied. Hay and straw all they will eat; bushel pulped 

 turnips; 8 Ibs. of a mixture of bran and cornmeal with a little oats 

 and barley make up the winter feed. 



QUEBEC. 



G. F. T., Hudson Heights, Quebec. Feeds no grain while cows 

 are at pasture, but has ensilage to last until green feed clover is 

 ready. In winter the cows get 50 Ibs. ensilage, 9 Ibs. of meal (shorts 

 and oil cake) and hay all they will eat. 



