COMPOSITION OF LINSEED MEAL USED. 





Moisture at 100° C. , 



Dry Matter, 



ANALYSIS OF DRY MATTER. 



Crude Ash, 



" Cellulose, 



" Fat, 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), . . . 

 Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 



5.OGO/0 

 9-1.94" 



C.34" 



8.93" 



2.17" 



41.02" 



41.54" 



9.88% 

 90.12" 



7.39" 



8.74" 



7.24" 



36.97" 



39.66" 



Valuation per ton of 2000 pounds, $24.00 $21.50 



F'ive cows, grades of various description, all of fair milking qual- 

 ities, were selected for the trial. Two had dropped their last calves 

 one month before the beginning of the observation, one five months 

 and two from eleven to twelve months. The}^ differed but one yeai- 

 in their respective ages, which was from six to seven years. 



English hay, roweu, fodder corn, corn stover, corn ensilage, carrots 

 and sugar beets furnished at different times the main bulk of the 

 daily fodder ration ; while corn meal, wheat bran, and both kinds of 

 linseed meal alternately served as supplementary feed stuffs tosecure a 

 desired high nutritive character to the entire diet. The daily quantity 

 of the grain feed, of roots and of hay, in case corn ensilage furnished 

 largely the coarse feed, was in each case a definite one, decided upon 

 before ; it was in each case entirely consumed. The daily consump- 

 tion of the coarse portion of the particular fodder combination on 

 trial, as hay, when fed alone, rowen, fodder corn, corn stover, and 

 corn ensilage, depended on the appetite of each individual animal. 

 It varied usually somewhat in quantity in case of different cows. 

 Care was taken to offer to each a liberal quantity. The uncousumed 

 portion was weighed back each day and subsequently accounted for in 

 the daily feeding record. 



The fodder corn, corn ensilage and corn stover were obtained from 

 the same variety of corn, Pride of the North, a dent corn. The 

 ensilage corn and the fodder corn were of a corresponding stage of 



