New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 293 
During the 120 days feeding experiment in 1886-7 we find that 
these two heifers, according to the summary from Dr. Sturtevant’s 
report,* consumed the following amounts of food : 
“ Bess.— 1,617 pounds hay ; 257 pounds corn meal; 280 pounds 
linseed meal; 141 pounds bran; 390 pounds ensilage.” Increased 
in weight for average weighings 166 pounds, or 1.38 pounds per day. 
“ Jess.— 801 pounds hay; 603 pounds corn meal; 49 pounds 
linseed meal; 135 pounds bran; 390 pounds ensilage.’”’ Increased 
in weight for average weighings 176 pounds, or 1.46 pounds per day. 
From the close of Dr. Sturtevant’s feeding experiment, March 
30, 1887, to the beginning of the present trial, 259 days, Bess 
increased in live weight 183 pounds, or 0.7 pounds per day ; Jess 
gained 142 pounds, or .55 pounds, the feed being ordinary feed of | 
hay and grain or pasturage. 
From December 15 to January 16 Jess received hay and corn 
meal, while Bess had a part of her hay feed replaced by oat 
straw and a quantity of cottonseed meal substituted for a part of 
the corn meal. January 15 to February 19 the feed for the two 
heifers was reversed, Bess receiving the hay ration and Jess a 
ration containing the straw. February 19 to the close of the 
experiment both Bess and Jess were fed the same variety of food. 
Until March 10 each received in addition four quarts per day of roots. 
. Dividing the whole period of 99 days feeding into three periods 
of 32, 34 and 33 days of like feeding, and we have as follows for 
the food consumed : 
Period 1, 32 days. 
Sess.— 154 pounds hay ; 302 pounds oat straw ; 157 pounds corn 
meal; 44 pounds cottonseed meal; 128 quarts roots. Increase in 
live weight, 31 pounds. 
Jess.— 373 pounds hay ; 160 pounds corn meal; 128 quarts roots. 
Increase in live weight, 36 pounds. 
Period 2, 34. days. 
Bess.— 653 pounds hay; 255 pounds -corn meal; 136 quarts 
roots. Increase in live weight, 72 pounds. 
Jess.— 136 pounds hay; 241 pounds straw; 80 pounds corn 
meal; 48 pounds cottonseed meal; 138 quarts roots. Increase 
in live weight, 41 pounds. 

* Sixth Annual Report New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 1886, 
pp. 23-26. 
