AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 17 



EXPERIMENTS AXD INVESTIGATIONS, THE RESULTS OF 

 WHICH ARE ALREADY' PUBLISHED. 



1. Wood Ashes. 



Object : The determination of the composition of ashes from 

 different woods, and of those burned and kept under different con- 

 ditions. 



Plan : The collection and analyses of ashes from as many sources 

 as possible. 



Time : Summer of 1885. 



Results published: Report M. E S., 1885-6, pp. 29-34. 



2. Manure Residue. 



Object : The determination of the value of manure residue from 

 corn meal and cotton seed meal. 



Plan : The feeding of corn meal and cotton seed meal with same 

 amount of some kind of hay, and collection and analj^sis of faeces 

 and urine during the two periods. 



Time : Fall and winter of 1885-6. 



Results published: Report M. E. S.,* 1885 6, pp. 42-46. 



3. Digestion Experiment. 



Object : To determine digestibility of timothy hay. 



Plan : Timothy ha^' fed to a sheep, with corn meal or cotton seed 

 meal, for twelve days, faeces collected for last five days. Digesti- 

 bilit}- of meal assumed from German averages. The feeding was 

 carried on for three periods, of twelve days each. 



Time: Fall and winter, 1885-6. 



Results published: Report M. E. S., 1885-6, pp. 35-58. 



{4) Digestion Experiment. 



Object : Digestibilit}^ of maize kernel fed in different forms. 



Plan : Weighed quantities of whole corn, corn meal and corn and cob 

 meal fed to pig, each for twelve da^'s, and fceces collected for last 

 five. Three periods. 



Time : Winter, 1885-6. 



Results Published: Report M. E. S., 1885-6, pp. 59-64. 

 (5) Feeding Experiment. 



Object : The advantage of combining cotton seed meal with corn 

 meal in moderate grain ration fed to milch cows. 



Plan: The feeding of same weights of food in three different 

 periods, in first and third periods the grain ration being a mixture 



2 • M. E. S., for Maine Experiment Station. 



