they are also moie uuiforin during the various feeding periods. The 

 closer relation — 1 :o.9 — is obtained by feeding daily on an average, 

 3 1-4 pounds each of corn meal, wheat bran and gluten meal, with 

 ten pounds of hay and thirty-five pounds of carrots, and the wider ratio 

 — 1 :7.9 — by feeding daily on an average, 3 1-4 pounds each, of corn 

 meal and wheat bran, with 25 pounds of ha}^ (see Dora) . The entire 

 recent feeding experiment is subdivided in eight (Jistiuctl}'^ differing 

 feeding periods, the same number as on the preceding occasion for 

 the same length of time, seven months. 



The dry corn fodder, the ensilage and the roots were cut, before 

 being offered as feed. The exact amount consumed of each fodder 

 article was ascertained by taking their weights before feeding and 

 deduct the amount left, if any. Grain and roots were usually fed 

 during milking, and the coarser fodder between times. 



Amoug other conclusions a careful examination of our subsequenth' 

 tabulated feeding records of each cow, Susie, Meg and Doi-a, leads 

 apparently with much propriety to the following : 



Tlie nutritive value of our dry corn fodder compares well with that 

 of an average quality of E^nglisli hay ; the same may be said of good 

 corn ensilage in place of from one-half to two-thirds of the custom- 

 ary amount of hay. 



The nutritive value of our dry corn fodder (stover) and of a good 

 corn ensilage, taking into consideration pound for pound of the dry 

 vegetable matter they contain, has proved in our case fully equal, if 

 not superior, to that of the average Euglish hay. 



The nutritive feeding value of carrots, taking into consideration 

 pound for pound of the dry matter they contain, exceeds that of the 

 corn ensilage, as an ingredient of the daily diet in place of a i)art 

 (1-2) of the hay fed. The conclusions thus far stated are in full 

 agreement with those pointed out in our earlier experiments. 



The influence of the various diets used, on the quality of the milk, 

 seems to depend in a controling degree on the constitutional charac- 

 teristics of the animals on trial. The effect is not unfrequeutly in 

 our case the reverse in different animals. 



The yield of the mdlk decreased, although at a different rate, in 

 the case of different animals, as time advanced. The shrinkage in 

 the daily yield of milk amounted at the end of the entire experiment 

 to from 3.2 quarts to 4.0 quarts in case of different cows. The grad- 

 ual decline in the entiie milk record of evei-y cow is only once broken, 

 namely during the sixth feeding period, Feb. 7th to Feb. 21st, when 



