3. MODE OF FEEDING. 



The time occupied by the experiment is divided into five feeding 

 periods varying from two to five weeks in length. The total weight 

 of the daily grain Jeed ration remained the same throughout the entire 

 trial, namely nine pounds. This amount consisted during the first 

 feeding period, Nov. 8th to Nov. 23d, of three pounds each of maize 

 feed (Chicago), wheat bran and corn meul, and during the remain- 

 ing four feeding periods of three pounds each of Chicago maize feed, 

 wheat bran aud cottonseed meal. One-half of the daily grain feed 

 ration was fed at the time of milking in the morning with one-half 

 of the coarse feed ; and the other half with the remainder of the 

 coarse feed at the milking time tovrard evening. 



The total amount of the daily coarse feed ration depended on the 

 individual appetite of the animals, and on the character of the fodder 

 articles fed. During the first feeding period, when Kuglish hay and 

 sugar-beets constituted the daily coarse feed ration, the daily con- 

 sumption of roots was limited per head in all cases to fifteen pounds ; 

 while the daily quantity of hay consumed was decided by the appetite 

 of the animal, varying in case of different animals from twelve to 

 sixteen pounds. 



During the second and the third feeding periods, nothing but corn 

 stover served as coarse feed in the daily diet. The amount of stover 

 from Stowell's Evergreen sweet corn consumed per day has varied 

 in case of different animals from twelve and one-half to seventeen 

 pouiids per head ; while the daily consumption of the stover obtained 

 from the dent corn variety, Pride of the North, has varied per 

 head from ten to thirteen and one-half pounds. The difference 

 in the amount of both kinds of stover consumed is evidently mainly 

 due to their different state of moisture, as may be noticed by com- 

 paring in both cases the total amount of dry matter contained in the 

 daily diet consumed during the second and third feeding periods. 



Corn ensilage aud English hay constituted the coarse fodder of 

 the daily diet during the fourth and fifth feeding periods. The amount 

 of English hay led i)er day in this connection was limited in all cases 

 to five pounds per head ; that of both kinds of the ensilage was gov- 

 erned by the appetite of each animal. Dent corn ensilage was fed 

 in connection with English hay as stated during the fourth feeding 

 period, and the ensilage from the sweet corn duiing the fifth. 



The daily consumption of the ensilage from the sweet corn varied 

 per head in case of different animals from twenty-four to forty-three 



