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APRIL, 1885. 



Meteorological Summary for two months eyiding April 30th. 



Highest Temperature, 



Lowest Temperature, 



Mean Temperature, 



Mean Relative Humidity, 



Total rainfall or melted snow, 



Prevailing winds, Northwesterly. Northwesterly. 



No. of dajs on which 0.01 

 inch of rain or melted 

 snow fell, 4 6 



No. of days on which cloud- 

 iness averaged 8 or more 

 on scale of 10, 4 5 



The month of March was characterized by unusually low temper- 

 ature Mud slight precipitation. The mean temperature for the month 

 was less than the average for forty-eight years, and the precipitation 

 showed a decrease of 2.27 inches from the mean. In April the tem- 

 perature rose to the opposite extreme, being unusually high towards 

 the close of the month. 



262. NOTES ON FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH MILCH 



COWS. 



The experiments briefly described in a few subsequent pages were 

 carried on for the purpose of ascertaining, under otherwise fairly cor- 

 responding circumstances, the economy of several customary combina- 

 tion of fodder articles — as far as the cost of the feed and the quantity 

 and quality of milk obtained is concerned. The observations began 

 on 1st of November, 1884, and were continued until the 18th of 

 April, 1885 ; extending thus over a term of nearly six months. 



Two cows — Lady Horace (grade Ayrshire), and Bessie (grade Jer- 

 sey) , — both from seven to eight years old, and of a corresponding 

 milking period, served for the trial. The last calf had been dropped 

 between the 16th and 18th of October, 1884. 



Ha}', corn fodder, corn ensilage, corn meal, wheat bran and glu- 

 ten meal constituted the ingredients for the compounding of the daily 



