1892 Report oF THE First ASSISTANT OF THE 
this time was the same as that fed the first part of August. For 
the latter half of September corn forage was fed three times a 
day, and twice daily a grain mixture, consisting of five parts 
wheat bran, one part “ King” gluten meal, one pare linseed meal, 
O. P., and one part cottonseed meal. 
For the first 15 days of October timothy hay was fed three 
times a day and the same grain mixture that was used during 
the latter part of the preceding month. From the 15th to 
the 31st alfalfa forage was fed morning and noon and timothy 
hay at night. The grain mixture consisted of six parts corn 
meal, five parts wheat bran, one part wheat middlings, one part 
gluten feed, one part linseed meal, O. P., and one part cottonseed 
meal. 
During November beets were fed morning and noon and mixed 
hay (clover and timothy) at night. The grain mixture consisted 
of five parts wheat bran, two parts corn meal, two parts gluten 
meal, ‘“ King,” one part wheat middlings, one part linseed meal, 
O. P., one part cottonseed meal and one part ground oats. 
§ During the month of December corn silage has been fed morn- 
ing and noon and mixed hay at night. The grain mixture fed 
twice daily has been the same as that for November. 
Hay, silage and forage were fed at 5 o’clock a.m., at about — 
11.80 a. m. and at 5 p.m. Grain was fed separately, and just 
before the hay or forage was weighed out to the cows, at 5 
o'clock a.m. and at 5 p.m. Milking was begun in the morning 
and at night at the same time that the grain was fed. Cows — 
in approximately the same stage of lactation were fed as nearly ~ | 
alike as possible, but the proportions of the different foods were 
varied somewhat according to the condition, appetite and age of — 
the individual. During the larger part of the milking period a 
each cow was fed the rations just mentioned, but for about six 
weeks just before calving little or no grain was fed; and gen- ~ 
erally for three or four weeks before calving only hay (not much ~ 
clover) and beets were fed. For the first few days after calving, — 
as a rule, the only grain food was wheat bran or a mixture of — 
bran and ground oats. . 
A bulletin has been prepared giving most of the data, in the a 
form of average results per cow, obtained in a number of feeding 4 













