The above desciibed samples of hay, II. and III., and No. 278 of 

 the previous bulletin have been examined by the direction of the 

 Secretary of the Essex Agricultural Society for farmers in Topsfield, 

 Mass. Tlie hay had been obtained from meadows in the vicinity of 

 the Ipswich river. No. III. is the most nutritious material, and 

 sample No. II. has a larger amount of digestible matter than No. I. 



313. 



CORN MEAL. 



93.2<S per cent, passed through mesh, 144 to square inch, 

 of J. L. HoUey, South Amherst, Mass. 



Bought 



The analysis represents the average of the composition of the corn 

 meal, fed during our feeding experiments with pigs, November 1st, 

 1884, to ISth of April, 1885, which will be reported in our next bul- 

 letin in detail. 



314. 



MILK. 



Average of Analyses of Buttermilk from November 6th, 1SS4, to Feb- 

 ruary 5th, 1883. 



From Amherst Creamery. 



Water, 

 Total solids, 



92.00 per cent. 



8.00 " " 



100.00 



