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240 Report oF THE First AssisTaANT OF THE Coe ry, PE 
the birds were below the average of the breed. The lot of Light _ 
Brahmas was a fairly good one, and although rather late hatched ss 
for the breed, made the most profitable and rapid growth. 
In the first season’s feeding there was fed skim-milk (buth Cooley 
and Separator) wheat, corn meal, alfalfa forage, dry bone and 
mixed grain No. 22, which was made of five parts wheat bran, a 
one part N. P. linseed meal, one part wheat middlings and four 
parts ground oats by weight. There was fed the second season | 
skim-milk, wheat, corn, alfalfa forage, beets, corn silage and two ~ 
grain mixtures, No. 1, containing, by weight, five parts corn meal : 
and one part each of ground oats, wheat bran, wheat middlings, ‘ 
and N. P. linseed meal, and No. 2, which contained the same as 
No. 1, except that two parts of O. P. linseed meal were substituted 
for the one part N. P. - 
The ratio of protein to non-nitrogenous constituents in the ration — 
was about such as is generally found to give good results, and was 
usually that of about 1:4 or 1:5. The foods used showed com- 
position by analysis as follows: 

