200 maind agricultural experiment station. 1904. 



Experiments No. 89-96. — Spring wheat bran. This material 

 was the ordinary coarse bran from spring wheat. The results 

 show quite close agreement between the two different kinds of 

 animals. The sheep however give coefficients averaging a little 

 higher than the steers. 



Experiments No. 90-97. — Winter wheat mixed feed. Winter 

 wheat bran containing some middlings and often called mixed 

 feed. This material gave little higher coefficients than the 

 spring bran. The difference between the results of the differ- 

 ent animals was about the same as for the spring bran, the 

 sheep giving slightly higher results. 



Experiments No. 91-98. — Mixed ration. Hay and cottonseed 

 meal. A ration containing 8 parts hay to 1 of cottonseed meal 

 was fed and the coefficients obtained for the mixture are given. 

 The steers in this gave slightly higher results, except on pro- 

 tein. The cottonseed meal used was of the highest grade, car- 

 rying over 46 per cent protein. 



Experiments No. 92-99. — Mixed ration. Hay and cottonseed 

 meal. In these experiments the cottonseed meal was doubled and 

 8 parts hay to 2 parts cottonseed meal were used. The results 

 obtained for the different animals agree very closely. Increas- 

 ing the grain ration appeared to- be favorable to the sheep. 



Experiments No. 93-94-1 00-101 were made to compare the 

 digestibility of coarse corn meal with that of finely ground. Both 

 lots of animals gave higher coefficients for the fine meal than for 

 the coarse, with quite close agreement, except on protein ; and 

 the low protein content of the ration probably accounts for that 

 variation. 



Experiments No. 102-107. — Corn fodder. The cut corn 

 fodder used in these experiments contained very few ears that 

 were glazed, most of them being immature when harvested. It 

 was well cured and in good condition when fed. The steers 

 ate their rations well, but the sheep did not appear to relish it 

 and left a part of each ration. The coefficients obtained are 

 considerably higher for the steers than the sheep, indicating that 

 palatability may affect digestibility. 



Experiment No. 108. — Sanford corn silage. This silage was 

 made from the same material as the corn fodder. The coeffi- 

 cients obtained are slightly higher than those for the fodder 

 cured by drying, except for the protein, which is lower. Only 

 the steers were used in this experiment. 



