118 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 3 m8 
For some days after being transferred to the barn from pasture 
they continued to decrease in weight, and their average weight 
from November eight to November twenty, was : . 

Lot I. Pounds. 
BPORG 3. Re ee i Fe eee ee ee 776 
ROGET SiS ie ccdeae os. wae RRA aR eR aS Nee ced REPT petal 700 
Lot IT. Pounds 
White ys a So ye A SS ee 761 
IP Ob eeeN le ae SETS AO SS Se Sek Bee 724 

When put into the barn, as judged from appearance for feeding 
purposes, Broad was rather better than Whitey, and Spot prefer- 
able to Star, but the apparent difference was slight, so we may 
consider tbe two lots as about equal. = 
For hay and other coarse fodder both lots were to be treated 
alike, but in addition, Lot I was to receive a grain ration made up 
of foods considered highly nitrogenous, while Lot IT would receive 
a grain ration highly carbonaceous. 
The ration varied considerably during the several periods, both 
as regards the nutritive ratio and the kind of foods entering into 
their composition. The foods used were as follows: 
Hay, a mixture of cultivated grasses, mainly timothy and red 
clover. 
Ensilage, from Burrell & Whitman corn put in the silo while: 
the kernels varied from the watery to the milky stage. 
Roots. Turnips were fed except in the last period of twelve 
days, when beets were substituted. Sad 
Corn meal was made from flint corn Station crop; wheat bran 
of the roller process; linseed meal, old process and gluten meal. 
.This is a by-product from the manufacture of starch and glucose 
from corn. It is highly nitrogenous, containing but little ash, and 
is now considerably used by farmers. Cotton-seed meal of good 
quality and fresh was fed during a portion of the trial. ea 
Salt was kept always before the animals so that they had free 
access. 
Water was offered twice per day and the amount drunk rood 
in pounds. 
All food was weighed in to each animal and the waste wanes 
back each day, so that the actual amount of food consumed is 
known. The animals were weighed each morning before receiy- 
ing food or drink and the records transcribed to the office books. — 
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