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SOILING EXPERIMENTS. gI 
At the close of the experiment each group of cows was fed a 
ration similar to that fed at the start. Barley and peas were 
fed at the rate of seventy pounds per cow, daily. Cows 1, 2 
and 3, which had been having a heavy protein ration, at once 
dropped off in quantity of products, although the barley and 
peas ration contained quite a large amount of protein, but con- 
siderably less than the rowen ration fed just before. Cows 5, 
6 and 7 increased in amount of products on the barley and pea 
ration, although ten pounds less were fed than of the corn 
fodder. ‘The following are the total yields for the two groups 
of cows for the periods 2 to 7, during which the feeds of the 
groups were different: 











Groups oF Cows, MILK. SOLIDS. Fart. BUTTER. 
Lbs. bse IbSe a eee lebss 
Cows I, 2, and 3, fed mainly on legumi- 
nous fodders, - - - - Se ZERO 280 95 ugg 
Cows 5, 6, and 7, fed on cereal fodders, - 1933 259 go |. -106 
Difference, - . & - - 226 21% 5 5 
SUMMARY. 
The object of the experiment was to compare fodders containing 
relatively large quantities of protein with those containing rela- | 
tively small quantities, tn their effects on mtlk and butter pro- 
duction. Those high tn protein were mainly leguminous fodders, 
and conststed of oats and peas, clover, soy beans, cow peas, rowen, 
and barley and peas. Those lower in protein belonged to the 
cereal fodders, and consisted of oat fodder, Hungarian grass, and 
corn fodders. Seventy pounds of most of these crops were fed per 
cow daily, although eighty pounds of the corn fodders were used. 
Two pounds of wheat bran, and one pound of corn meal per cow 
were fed daily, in connection with the green fodders. 
Two groups of cows, of three each, were chosen for the expert- 
ment, All of the cows had calved within four months previous to 
beginning the test. The green fodders were usually cut and 
hauled to the stable every other day; a two-days supply being 
weighed at one time. The animals were stabled at night and fed 
in the mangers night and morning, and had the “‘run’’ of a 
small yard through the day. } 
Digestion experiments were made with sheep on the same fod- 
ders during the same time that they were being fed to the cows. 
