New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 151 
As we here show the variation in the value of farm manure 
according to the daily ration fed the animal, I may be pardoned 
for again stating the ration fed to each animal during these trials: 
Jem I. Orchard grass hay, 19.7 pounds; water, 56.8 pounds. , 
Jem IT. Orchard grass hay,17.7 pounds; corn meal, eight pounds ; 
water, 60.5 pounds. 
Meg. I.—Orchard grass hay, 18.3 pounds; water, 56.1 pounds. 
Meg. I1.—Orchard grass hay, seventeen pounds ; corn meal,eight 
pounds ; water, 64.8 pounds. 
Flora.—Alfalfa hay, 24.31 pounds; water, 64.6 pounds. 
Nellie.—Meadow hay, 21.5 pounds; wheat bran, 3.25 pounds; 
corn meal, 2.2 pounds ; cotton-seed meal, 2.2 pounds; linseed meal, 
1.1 pounds; oats, 3.25 pounds; water, 96.1 pounds. 
Spot.—Meadow hay 15.87 pounds; turnips, 8.66 pounds ; water, 
32.2 pounds. 
Broad.—Meadow hay, 8.79 pounds; wheat bran, seven pounds; 
corn meal, four pounds; cotton-seed meal, three pounds; water, 
57.4 pounds. | 
Whitey.— Meadow hay, 8.83 pounds; wheat bran, two pounds ; 
corn meal, ten pounds; water, 38.1 pounds. 
The fertilizing matter in the dung of several of the animals was 
determined by analysis, and below are given the per cent in the 
fresh substance and in the dry substance. 
