AGRICULTUKAL EXPEKIMENT STATION. XIII 



An experiment in feeding early and late-cut Timothy hay for 



growth 80-82 



An experiment for comparing the feeding value of wheat- 

 middlings and wheat-bran 82-84 



FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH SWINE 85-105 



. Experiments with Lots 1 and 2 87-89 



Experiments with Lots 3 and 4 , 89-91 



Experiments with Lots 5 and 6 91-93 



The nutritive ratio. — The profitable mixture of foods 94-98 



The relation between the kind of food and the character of 



the growth produced 98-99 



What extent of variation may occur in the relation in quan- 

 tity of the nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous constituents 

 of a radon without greatly aifecting the rate of growth... . 99-101 

 The relative value of animal and vegetable protein. Can we 

 substitute nitrogenous vegetable foods like pea meal or 

 gluten meal, for skimmed milk, with equally good results 101-102 



The effect of the amount of drink upon growth 102 



The relative value of skimmed milk and corn meal 103-104 



Summary of feeding experiments with swine 104-105 



TESTS OF SEVERAL BREEDS OF DAIRY COWS. 



A STUDY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS 106 134 



The animals used at this Station 108 



Food of the cows 109-110 



Cost of the food 110-111 



The yield of milk, milk solids, fat, cream and butter 112 



The relation in quantitj^ of milk, milk solids, fat, cream and 



butter 113-115 



Cost of milk, milk solids, fat, cream and butter 115-116 



The relative profits from selling milk, cream or butter 116-118 



Composition of the milk 118-121 



Composition of the skimmed milk, cream and buttermilk.... 122-128 



The waste of fat in the skimmed milk and buttermilk 128-129 



The effect of food upon the availability of the fat of milk... 129-130 

 '1 he relation of total fat in the milk to the butter obtained... 130-132 

 The length of time required for churning the cream from 



the different cows 133 



Summary 133-134 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ]35-114 



Field experiments by farmei.* 1:^5-140 



Pot experiments 140-143 



Experiments with feldspar as a source of potash 143 144 



EXPERIMENTS IN GROWING MIXED GRAINS 141 



TESTS OF VARIETIES 145-147 



Field tests with varieties of barley and oats 145 



Tests of varieties of peas * 145-147 



REPORT OF BOTANIST AND ENTOMOLOGIST 148-254 



