3. charactp:r and cost of the feed consumed. 



To secuie a normal and uniform condition of tlie animals selected 

 for a comparative test of different fodder rations with reference to 

 their influence on tlie financial results of the operation, nothing but 

 rowen was fed to tlie entire lot for ten days preceding the experi- 

 ment— Sejtt. 4th to Sept. 16th. Subsequently a division of animals 

 was made. Three lambs, 1-2-3, were fed with daily rations richer 

 in digestible nitrogenous food constituents than those fed to the 

 remaining number, 4-5-6. 



The daily feed of the first division (1-2-3) contained on an average 

 from 4.5 to 5.5 parts of digestible non-nitrogenous food constituents 

 to one partof digestible nitrogenous food constituents, 1 :4.5 — 1 :5.5. 



The daily diet of the second division (4-5-6) contained during a 

 corresponding period of the feeding experiment, one partof digestible 

 nitrogenous food constituents to from 0.99 to 7.3 parts of digestible 

 non-nitrogenous food constituents, 1 :6.99 to 1 :7.3. Subsequently 

 a diet similar to that adopted for the first division was substituted. 



FODDKR COMBINATIONS USED IN I. DIVISION, (1-2-3). 



The daily quantity of the subsequent stated fodder rations was 

 regulated by the appetite of each animal. Further details in this 

 connection are reserved for the next annual report. 



a. Sept. 16th to Sept. 30th. 

 2 lbs. of rowen. 



1 lb. of a mixture consisting of wheat bran, 2 weight parts. 



gluten meal, 1 weight part. 

 Nuti'itive ratio 1 :4.75. 

 h. Oct. 1st. to Dec. 31st. 



2 lbs. of rowen. 



1 lb. of a mixture consisting of wheat bran, ) equal 



gluten meal, j weigiits. 

 Nutritive ratio 1 :4.55. 



c. Jan. 1st to Jan. 20th. 

 1 lb. of rowen. 



31 lbs. of corn ensilage. 



1 lb. of the same grain mixture as in ration b. 

 Nutritive ratio 1 :5.0i). 



d. Jan. 21st to Feb. 3d. 

 7| lbs. of corn ensihige. 



I lb, of grain mixture as in ration h. 



Nutritive ratio 1 :5.5. 



