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Albu- Crude Nit. free 
Water. Ash. minoid., fiber. extract. Fat. 
N. Y. station, 1883, small 
potatoes, White Star.... 78.88 .89 2.298 .61 17.27 .07 
Washington market, C. 
Richardson, Norfolk ... 77.61 .96 1.32 .28 19.69 .14 
Washington market, C. 
Richardson, Early Rose. 79.69 .82 1.14 .48 17.75 .12 | 
In Bulletin No. 3 of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Uni- 
versity of Wisconsin, are the results of digestion experiments with 
sheep. With the exception of our digestion experiment with fodder 
corn and ensilage, these are, so far as we know, the first trials pub- 
lished in this country, and hence we incorporate the results, along 
with our own, in tabular form, as below; 
AMERICAN DicEsTIon EXPERIMENTS. 
PER CENT DIGESTED. 
Albu- Crude Nit. free 
minoid. fiber. extract. Fat. 
. Corn fodder, milch cows, N. Y. station. 49 67 61 73 
. Ensilage, milch cows, N. Y. station.. 49 69 67 90 
. Soja bean fodder, milch cows, N. Y. 
Beer a ig On eRe te le se 70 58 82-54 
Meadow hay, milch cows, N. Y. 
BM 2's hoa PSs viole aces, as 49 49 58 50 
. Clover hay, sheep, Wis. station ..... 49 47 57 42, 
. Malt sprouts, sheep, Wis. station .... 80 34-0. 69 e100 
. Cotton seed meal, sheep, Wis. station. 89 0 69 100 
Frrpine EXPERIMENT. 
Influence of acid and putrefactive food — Brewers’ grains. 
At the request of Hon. J. K. Brown, Dairy Commissioner of the 
State, we undertook a series of experiments upon. the effect of feed- 
ing brewers’ grains to milch cows, with special reference to the 
effect upon the milk when fed in an acid and putrefactive condition. 
For this purpose, two Jersey cows, Jem and Meg, were removed 
from the pasture to the experimental barn on September 16, and 
after being fed awhile upon hay, were subjected to the feeding of 
brewers’ grains in as large quantities as they could be induced to eat, 
with the expectation by injudicious feeding to magnify any ill effect 
of the food, and thus producing recognizable irregularities in the 
~ milk yield, milk composition and properties. 
The feeding of the grains commenced on Sept. 26, and the record 
of the condition of the food at variable dates herewith given : — | 
Sept. 26. Sweet in general, but mouldy at the surface where ex- 
posed to the air. 
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