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them extensively, while western dairymen, often living at no CHAP, 

 great distance from the factories where they are produced, XIV ' 

 know little or nothing concerning them " (Henry, 1 ). The value 

 of maize meal for cows is mentioned in * 666, and the com- 

 parative value of gluten meal and cotton-seed meal in H 672. 



683. Maize Rations for Dairy Cows. — The Wisconsin 

 Station obtained a number of reports from particularly suc- 

 cessful dairymen, in all parts of the United States, of the 

 rations used by them. From these the writer has selected the 

 following as containing maize or maize products : — 



Connecticut. — Maize silage, 35 lbs.; maize-and-cob meal, 3 

 lbs. ; hay, 10 lbs. ; bran, 3 lbs. ; cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. ; Chicago 

 gluten meal, 2 lbs. 



Illinois. — Maize grain, 8 lbs. ; oats, i-J lbs. ; clover hay, 10 

 lbs. ; timothy hay, 10 lbs. 



Indiana. — Maize silage, 30 lbs. ; maize fodder, 3 lbs. ; clover 

 hay, 5 lbs. ; oat straw, 1 lb. ; wheat straw, 1 lb. ; bran, 5 lbs. ; 

 oil meal, 1 2 lbs. ; cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. 



Iowa. — Maize silage, 50 lbs. ; maize fodder, 5 lbs. ; maize 

 ears, 5 lbs. ; oat straw, 1 lb. ; barley straw, 1 lb. ; hay, 5 lbs. ; 

 ground oats and barley, z\ lbs. 



Kentucky. — Maize silage, 32^ lbs. ; maize fodder, 3 lbs. ; 

 maize meal, 5 lbs. ; clover hay, 6 lbs. ; ship-stuff, 4 lbs. ; 'oil 

 meal, 2 lbs. 



Massachusetts. — Maize silage, 40 lbs. ; gluten meal, 2 lbs. ; 

 clover hay, 5 lbs. ; English hay, 5 lbs. ; bran, 2 lbs. ; cotton- 

 seed meal, 1 lb. ; oil meal, 1 lb. 



Michigan.— Maize silage, 27+ lbs. ; clover hay, 3^ lbs. ; 

 timothy hay, $\ lbs. ; bran, 3-6 lbs. ; oats, \ lb. ; oil meal, \ lb. ; 

 rye, 1 lb. 



Minnesota.— Maize stover, 8 lbs. ; maize meal, 3 lbs. ; clover 

 and timothy hay, 7 lbs. ; oat forage (dry), 5 lbs. ; oats, 3 lbs. ; 

 ruta-bagas, 3 lbs. ; bran, 2 lbs. ; oil meal, 2 lbs. 



Nebraska.— Maize stover, 57 lbs. ; maize meal, 2-9 lbs. ; 

 prairie hay, 20 lbs. ; bran, 2-9 lbs. ; oil meal, 1 '4 lbs. 



New Hampshire.— Maize stover, 10 lbs. ; maize-and-cob 

 meal, 2 lbs. ; clover and witch-grass hay, 10 lbs. ; barley forage, 

 5 lbs. ; shorts, 2 lbs. ; cotton- seed meal, 2 lbs. 



'Oil meal: the residue after expressing the oil from linseed. 



