BULLETIN No. 87d. 
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Wet weather set in and continued for a week with heavy fall of 
rain at the time our peavines were ready to cut for hay. This 
delayed the hay-making so long that the leaves were fast falling 
and the coarse stems too ripe for good hay, but by carefully selecting 
what was needed for this experiment it was hoped to secure what 
would represent an average quality. How near this was attained 
can only be determined by comparison with other analyses, which 
show this hay to be low in content of ash, protein and fat, and to 
have a greater amount of crude fiber than some other analyses 
show.* 
However, the nutritive ratio obtained in this experiment shows 
this hay to have been relatively about equal to the standard rations 
for heavy work and production of milk. Its fitness for these uses 
would depend much on its palatability. These animals ate this hay 
nearly as well as they did the pulled fodder and the clover. With 
cowpea-vine hay of good quality for above uses, no grain need be 
used, w T hile for maintenance and light work straw or cotton-seed 
hulls could well be fed as a part of a good ration. 
4. DIGESTION OF SOJA (SOY) BEAN SILAGE 
By Black and Gray Goats. 
Date of Experiment, March and April, 1892. 
Daily ration, 2721.6 grams (6 pounds) per day. Total period, 40 
days. Feces collected last 5 days. 
This silage was being fed to a herd of cows, and was taken fresh 
from the silo for every feed after cows were fed. Every second day 
during the collection period samples of the silage were taken for 
analysis. 
Analytical and Other Data for Obtaining the Coefficients of Digesti¬ 
bility. See Tables VII and VIII. 
* Report Conn. Exp’t Sta. 1887, p. 185. 
