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Clover hay: Made largely of alsike clover, from same field 

 as the preceding lot, cut about ten days later when many of the 

 plants were past bloom. 



Clover silage: Made from the late cut clover described above. 

 The material was well preserved in the silo and when fed was in 

 good condition, well relished by the animals. 



Corn meal: Made from ordinary western corn, rather coarsely 

 ground. 



Oats: Maine grown, medium quality, fed whole. 



Hay: Largely timothy, fed with oats. 



Oat and pea hay: Harvested when oats were in milk. The 

 seeding was I'yi bushels oats and \]/i bushels Canada field peas to 

 the acre. 



Oat and pea silage: Same material as used for the hay, cut 

 when the oats were in the milk and run through the ensilage 

 cutter before putting in the silo. 



Oat and vetch hay: Made from ordinary oats and sand vetch. 

 Vicia villosa, cut when the oats were in milk. Seeding, one 

 bushel oats and one bushel vetch to the acre. 



Oat and vetch hay: Made from ordinary oats and spring 

 vetch, Vicia sativa. 



Oat and pea hay: Made from ordinary oats and Canada field 

 peas, cut when the oats were in milk. Seeding, one bushel oats 

 and two bushels peas to the acre. 



Hay: Largely timothy. 



Germ meal: A corn product resembling gluten feed. 



Oats: Maine oats of first quality, very plumo and heavy, fed 

 whole. 



Royal Oat Feed: An oat feed put out by the Akron Cereal 

 Company. 



Kentucky Mixed Feed: Wheat bran, adulterated. 



