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4 
FREEPORT OF THE First ASSISTANT.* 

The work in charge of the first assistant during the past year 
has been, besides some necessary routine and various incidental 
- work connected with general station management, similar to that 
of the preceding year. 
Experiments with poultry have been made, including some feed- 
ing experiments with capons, some with laying hens, and a continu- 
ation of some breeding experiments in relation to egg production. 
Feeding experiments with swine have. been continued during 
the year. Experiments with several lots of pigs with which the 
sow was fed much longer than is usual, were made, continuing © 
‘from the birth of the pigs until they were ready for market; also 
several other feeding experiments with sows which had lost from 
100 to 150 pounds, by suckling pigs. Some feeding trials with wet 
food contrasted with dry food, and some with sorghum and with 
beets in large proportion contrasted with rations nearly all of grain 
were made. 
The rations have been arranged for the cattle under investiga- 
tion and the feeding, etc.,superintended. The rations at all times 
varied but little in proportions of constituents from those’ gener- 
a ally considered to give the best results. The grain foods were 
such as, among those usually to be obtained, were thought best to 
supplement the forage and coarse fodders at different times 
available. A detailed discussion of the rations fed and the 
results accompanying them will be reserved for future reports or 
for bulletins. Record of amounts of different foods consumed by 
the different animals will be found elsewhere in this report where | 
the results of certain investigations with the dairy cattle are 
discussed. — 

* William P. Wheeler. 
