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three pounds of wheat bran ; to these were added for stated reasons 

 at dirterent stages of the observation, per head, either three pounds 

 of ghiten meal or three pounds of old process linseed meal or three 

 pounds of cotton seed meal to complete the daily ration of grain or 

 fine feed. 



The general character of the various kinds of grain feed used in 

 the daily diet, may be seen from the following analyses of the differ- 

 ent articles of grain feed used : 



FODDER ANALYSES. 



Moisture at lOO* C, 



Dry matter, 



ANALYSES OF DRY MATTER 



Crude ash, 



" ceUulose, 



" fat, 



" proteiu, 



Non-nitrogenous matter, 



13.26 

 86.74 



100.00 



1.72 



2.28 



4.90 



12.94 



78.16 



100.00 



12.11 

 87.89 



100.00 



7.40 

 12.17 



5.04 

 18.48 

 56.91 



100.00 



o 



9.77 

 90.23 



100.00 



8.18 



7.74 



11.33 



44.41 



28.34 



100.00 



8.72 

 91.28 



100.00 



5.96 



8.23 



9.87 



36.19 



39.75 



100.00 



10.90 

 89.10 



100.00 



1.02 



1.28 



7.36 



34.79 



55.55 



100.00 



Fertilizing Constituents. 

 Nitrogen 15c. per lb. ; phosphoric acid 5|^ c. ; potassium oxide 4^c. 



Manukial Constituents in the Above 

 Stated Samples ofGkain 

 Feed. 



Moisture, 



Nitrogen, 



Phosphoric acid, 



Potassium oxide, . • 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs.. 



13.26 



1.796 



.707 



.435 



$6.56 



12.11 

 2.599 

 2.845 

 1.625 



$12.39 



9.77 

 6.412 

 2.333 

 1.723 

 $23.36 



P-l !U 



8.7ii 

 5.285 

 1.780 

 1.214 

 $18.90 



C5 



10.90 

 4.959 



.425 



.045 



$15.38 



The coarse feed used -in compounding the daily diet in this con- 

 nection consisted either of nothing but rowen, — hay of second cut of 

 upland meadows, — or of rowen and a mixed ensilage, consisting of 

 equal weights of green fodder corn and of gieen soja bean, or of 

 nothing but corn stover. The same variety of dent corn, " Pride of 



