ANALYSES OF FINE FEED USED. 

 (Grain Feed.) 



FERTILIZING CONSTITUENTS. 

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



The coarse feed-stuffs used in the daily diet consisted on this occa- 

 sion either of a good Englisli hay with sugar beets, or of one-fourth 

 of a daily ration of a good English hay with all the ensilage the ani- 

 mal would consume, or of a well cured corn stover. The ha}- consum- 

 ed throughout the experiment was of the same fair quality. 



The corn ensilage was obtained in part from a dent corn variety, 

 Pride of the North, and in part from a sweet corn variety, Stowell's 

 Evergreen. The same varieties of corn furnished the corn stover. 

 Both kinds of corn were of a corresponding stage of growth when 

 secured for the production of ensilage or of stover. In case of ensi- 

 lage, the 'corn was cut in both cases when the kernels began to glaze ; 

 the whole plant was reduced to pieces from one to one and one-half 

 inches in length, before being filled into the silo. The latter was 

 filled as rapidly as the supply of material admitted. Both silos were 



