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Eeport of the Assistant Chemist of the 
4. Digestibility. 
5. Ash Analysis. 
6. Conclusions: 
Several experiments have already been made, and published by 
others, to determine the relative value of early and late cut hay for 
feeding, but most of these experiments have been conducted without 
a chemical examination of the hays and without determining their 
digestibility, but rather as to the quantity of hay harvested at differ- 
ent periods, or to their value as found by feeding experiments of short 
duration. 
The present investigation was undertaken, wholly from a chemical 
standpoint, to find whether any differences could be detected in the 
chemical composition and digestibility of three samples of timothy 
cut June 29, while in full bloom, and three other samples from the 
same plats, July 14, after the seeds had formed, but before they were 
matured. 
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