AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMEXT STATION. 23 



Plan : The feeding of two lots of steers, one on grass alone and the 

 other on grass and corn meal, the rations to be alternated between 

 the two lots. 



Time: Summer, 1887 ^Failure). 



EXPERIMENTS OR IXVESTIGATIOXS ALREADY UNDER- 

 TAKEX OR PLANNED. 



{SO) Study of Breeds. 



Object: A stud}' of the characteristics and economy of different 

 breeds of cows for dairy purposes. 



Plan : The use of four breeds, two cosvs of each, Holstein, 

 Shorthorn, Ayrshire and Jersey', a record of the amount and 

 composition of foods, the weight and composition of milk, weight 

 and composition of cream, and weights of butter ; also a study of 

 physical characteristics of railk and chemical and physical properties 

 of butter. 



Time: 1888, and continuing. 



{31) Study of Breeds. 



Object : Study of relative production of beef with different breeds. 



Plan: The use of three breeds, two steers of each, Hereford, 

 Shorthorn and Holstein, to be grown from calves under similar 

 conditions and feeding. 



Time: 1888, and continuing. 



{32) Feeding Experiment. 



Object : The economical composition of a ration for beef produc- 

 tion. 



Plan : The dividing of steers used in experiment 31 into two lots, 

 one steer of each breed in each lot, one lot to be fed a ration such 

 as can be compounded without the purchase of highly nitrogenous 

 foods, the other to receive an equal weight of food containing a 

 certain proportion of cotton seed meal (or linseed). 



Time : 1888, and continuing. 



{33.) Fodder Investigation. 



Object : A study of the relative feeding value of Timothy, cut at 

 different stages of growth. 



Plan : Determination of weights, composition, digestibility and 

 growth produced, of Timothy from plots cut at different stages of 



