EBD. hon" [ ASSEMBLY 
This table indicates that, so far as the maintenance of live weight 
was concerned, the ensilage was superior to the same raw material 
air-dried ; that the fodder corn in the quantities fed was the superior 
to hay; that the Soja bean was a nutritious food, and that potatoes 
were of inferior value. The quantities fed were not, however, 
true equivalents, and the results gained must be interpreted accord- 
me the conditions of the experiment. 
e will next call attention to the apparent result of the rations -~ 
used upon the milk yield, calculated in like manner in order to 
bring into view the fluctuations which are seemingly dependent 
upon the food. 
Average daily milk yield in pounds per cow: 
Periods. 
if II III. IV aes 
For whole period ...... 18,11 -).1919,.-° 19.72 S36 eee 
For first four days ..... 19.14 17.62 19.49. - 19-417 99302 
For last four days...... 17.42. -.19.52- “19.74 Sie 
Morairst Nadie fs ks s ww whe 18.84 18.75 19.48 19.03 —_ 18.86 
For second half........ 17.387 19.61 .-19.96 A739 
This table clearly shows that under the fodder-corn feeding, 
Period J, there was a gradual falling off in milk, as also under the 
hay feeding, Period Ly, and the hay and potatoes, Period V. On 
the contrary, under the ensilage feeding, Period HH, the milk in- 
creased, as it did also while the Soja bean was being fed, Period III. 
In order to interpret these results it is necessary for us to inquire ~ 
as to the correspondences between the rations; this we may at pres- 
ent do with the weights alone, leaving the chemical analysis for 
after consideration. 
Average daily weight of food per cow in pounds: 

Periods. 
if TL itt Se v. . 
Weight of food consumey. 30.82 74.80 30.39 25.07 60.38 
Dry matter of food..... 18:68. 16.97 © 20.71 720 36 eae 
Weater ‘drank :2200.0:5.564 49.70 8.67 48.86 60.10 392.67 
Water in food and drink,, 60.52 66.17 58.65 63.81 ‘73.71 
This table enables us to show that the less dry weight of ensi- 
lage, Period II, was connected with a greater maintenance of live 
weight, and a larger yield of milk than the larger dry weight of 
fodder-corn, Period I. It also shows that the 18.68 pounds of dry 
matter of the fodder-corn ration, Period I, was equal, if not.gu- 
erior, to.the 21.36 pounds of dry matter of the hay ration, Period 
V. The nearly equivalent dry weights of food in the Periods IV 
