TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Treasurer's Report 4 



Director's Report 7-11 



Investigation of the Foraging Powers of Some Agricultu- 

 ral Plants for Phosphoric Acid 13-25 



Analyses of Cattle Foods 25-38 



The compositiou of fodders and silage from the corn plant, 26 

 The comparative composition of the large Southern corn 



and the Maine Field corn, &c 28 



The influence of maturity upon the composition of the 



corn plant 30 



To the formation of what compounds is due the large rela- 

 tive increase of nitrogeu-free-extract as the corn plant 



approaches maturity 31 



The effect of slow drying upon the compositiou of a 



sample of a succulent plant 35 



Methods of Determining Sugar and Starch 37 



Digestion Experiments 38-56 



Digestibility of corn fodders 38 



The digestibility of corn fodder and corn silage as com- 

 pared with other cattle foods -11 



The comparative digestibility of Maine Field corn and the 



large Southern-white corn 42 



The Digestibility of the Pentose Carbohydrates 44 



Cor-n as a Silage Crop 57-63 



The influence of maturity upon the value of the corn crop 



for fodder or silage purposes 61 



Feeding Experiments 64-95 



Feeding Experiments with Cows 66-82 



The relative feeding value of Southern Corn silage and 



Maine Field Corn silage 66 



The influence of widely differing rations upon the quantity 



and quality of milk 73 



Feeding Experiments with Swine 82-95 



Relative growth of animals of the several breeds !)1 



Butcher's analysis of the carcasses 91 



The relative value of digestible food from animal and from 



vegetable sources 93 



