The composition of the dry vegetable matter of the mixed ensilage, 

 No. II, compares well with that of a medium quality of red clover hay. 



The successful cultivation of the soja bean upon the fields of the 

 Mass. State Agricultural Experiment Station has been repeatedly 

 pointed out in previous annual reports. The superior feeding effect 

 of green soja bean, as coarse fodder constituent in the diet of milch 

 cows has been shown in our summer feeding experiments of 1890, 

 see VIII, annual report, pages 39 to 54. Our this year's experience 

 confirms our previous statement. The high economical value of this 

 reputed fodder crop finds again a striking illustration in the experi- 

 ment reported in detail upon some succeeding pages. 



The general character of the different coarse fodder articles used 

 on this occasion will be seen from the subsequent statement. 



FoDDEu Analyses of the Different Coarse 

 Fodder Articles used. 



Moisture at 100^ C, 



Dry Matter, 



ANALYSES OF DRY MATTER 



Crude ash — 



' ' celhilose, 



" fat, 



' ' protein, ■ 



Nou-nitrogenous extract Matter, 



19.89 

 80.11 



100.00 



6.33 



34.59 



1.28 



5.74 



52.06 



100.00 



Fertilizing Constituents. 

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



Manurial Constituents in the Above Stated 

 Coarse Feed Stuffs. 



Moisture 



Nitrogen, 



Phosphoric acid, 



Potassium oxide, 



Valuation per 2000 lbs. 



19.89 

 .735 

 .259 

 1.235 



$3.60 



3. Mode of Feeding. 

 The daily grain feed ration contained per head throughout the 

 entire experiment, three pounds of corn meal and three pounds of 

 wheat bran ; to these was added, per head, at different stages of our 



