154. REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
such brief discussions of. foods, by months and other forms, as — 
seems most desirable for a full understanding of the experiment, 
up to the month of October. 
Foods. | 
A short description of the foods fed in the trial is essential to 
a better understanding of the experiment. . 
Hay.—The hay wasa mixture of grasses and clover fed morn- 
ing and evening until June first, after which date dry hay was fed 
at noon and green forage the other two feeds. 
Beets.—Sugar beets were fed at noon until May tenth. After 
this date until June first other green forage was substituted. 
Alfalfa forage.—This forage was cut from Station grounds, the 
first crop fed from May tenth to June thirteenth; second crop 
July fifth to twenty-fifth ; third crop August seventeenth to twenty- 
second, and twenty-sixth to thirty-first. No food fed seemed to be 
more relished by the animals than partially wilted alfalfa forage. — 
The alfalfa was cut in early bloom. 
Rye forage-—Fed from June thirteenth to July fifth and varied 
from bloom to seed in milk. Rye forage was not well liked by the 
animals and all were more or less “ off-feed.” 
Mae forage—Began feeding maize at stage of silking, July 
thirty-first to August sixth; again August twenty-third to twenty- 
seventh, in milk, and from September fifteenth to October, when 
the corn was pretty well glazed. 
Oat and pea forage-—Began feeding oat and pea forage when 
oats were in milk, July twenty-fifth to thirty-first, and again 
August seventh to tenth. 
Hungarian grass.—This grass was fed in bloom from August 
thirty-first to September fifteenth. The animals did not seem to 
do so well on Hungarian grass as was expected and for some cause 
were more or less “ off-feed” while this grass was being fed. 
The green forages were fed once a day — at noon— up to June 
first. After this date they were fed morning and evening and hay 
at noon as previously stated. 
Green forages cut each day are very difficult of sampling so as 
to fairly represent the entire period. The method adopted was to 
sample so as to represent as nearly as possible an average for the 
entire period fed and careful analyses made of these samples. The 
forage, as soon as cut, was taken to barn, weighed and put in pile 
to wilt for the next day’s feeding, and again weighed as fed to 
animals. | 
