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Unper Hay, Corn Mra AND WHEAT-BRAN FEED. 













































Live ; WATER MILK ss 
WEIGHT, FooD CONSUMED, LBS. DRUNE, YIELD, 
LBS. LBS. LBS. 
HAY. | mar. | BRAN, 
DATE. ! 
oL aL of oD on of 
January 26.......| 920 | 899 | 19.6 | 17.6 2 y: 8 | 8 68.0 | 47.6 | 9.4 8.5 
Ce aed 924 | 878 | 17.8 | 16.1 2 2 43.113: 17.0 93.1) 9.0 bf 19V6 
3 a late 936 | 904 | 14.0 | 14.9 2 2 13.1) P65 PTS BO Bol Bae 8.9 
CE RE eal 937 | 900 | 19.8 | 13.0 2 2 67) 1081 618.1) 48,9. bo ue.9 8.0 
OO Sorerars tele 923 896 | 19.9 | 18.7 2 2 8 8. 82.1 | 67.5 | 10.5 8.2 
—=— | = — —— ae | | 
31.......| 933 | 895 | 18.5 | 15.6 2 2 BBP Tob 19 Bi OS 9.8 
February 1.......| 922 | 887 | 18.3 | 16.1 2 2 BB. 1 66.2 1 BT B A B16 9.8 
Sees oie 9 6| ses | 19.9 | 18.5 2 2 8] 8. | 50.1 | 80.3] 8.6] 10.8 
Puget es 1 890 | 20.0 | 15.0 2 2 8} 8. |104.4 | 64.4] 8.6] 10.9 
Mg Ee 932 | 892 | 20.1 | 19.6 2 2 $7 8. 83.6: 88.4 19.0} Tes 
Beek, 9388 | 904 | 19.5 | 19.6 2 2 oh 8.) 88.0 78 0 SO ted 
ee 959 | 905 | 16.8 | 16.4 2 2 By) .8. | 68.0) 63820). 8/6} 11.0 
Biya shee 939 | 905 | 16.9 | 18.0 2 7 Bop Syd TOLB WPS PBS hl ae 
ae 952 | 912 | 17.9 | 17.9 i} 2 2 Ge A ee i We Lem Pa sO 
Sa eae 924 | 912 | 20.0 | 18.8 2 2 8.8.00} 64,3) 102.60) FB ad O 
Av.fori0 days.) 928 | 899 | 18.8 | 17.6 2 2 8|. 8 67.4} 79.6 | 8.6] 11.3 









Each period of feeding for digestion experiment was for. ten 
days, the dung being saved the last four. A man remained with 
the cows constantly for four days and nights, the urine and dung 
being received in pails and kept in closed vessels, and thoroughly 
mixed and sampled each morning. Since the results are only 
affected to the fractional part of a per cent, whether we calculate 
our results upon the feed of the ten days or upon the four days 
while the excrement was saved or analyzed, we tabulate the 
figures for the four days only. 
The following is the average composition of the hay fed during 
the trials: 
Per cent. 
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