OCTOBER, 1881. 



Meteorological Sximmary for August and September. 



TT- 1 ^ , August. September. 



Highest temperature, 83_a g^ „ 



Lowest temperature, 42,50 ' 



Mean temperature, 64*92° 55 '940 



Mean humidity, 81.24° 8047° 



Total precipitation, 7.75 ,^^,^^^ ^ ^2 inches. 



Prevaihng wmds, N. W. N. W. 



No. of days on which cloudiness averaged 



8 or more on scale of 10, 5 j^ 



No. of days on which 0.1 of an inch or 



more of rain fell, 9 



Very heavy fogs characterized both months. The first frost of the 

 season occurred on Sept. 17th. 



Notes on Feeding Experiments with 

 Milch Cows. 



486. The feeding experiments briefly described within a few subse- 

 quent pages are essentially a continuation of those reported in the 

 last annual report of the Station. The same fodder articles have 

 been used on both occasions, with the exception that in the experi 

 ments discussed below, carrots have taken the place of sugar beets 

 which were used in our preceding trial. Aside from this temporary 

 modification in the diet, a comparatively new fodder article, the oluten 

 meal, has been added as a temporary ingredient of the daily f'odder 



