Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 256]

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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

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The time covered by the feeding test was 84 days, January 6 to March 31, 1890, and may be divided into three periods, as follows:

Periods. Period 1, January 6th to January 30th Period 2, January 30th to March 10th Period 3, March 10th to March 31st Days. 24 39 21

The duration of the first two periods was controlled by the supply of ensilage. During the three periods each heifer had six pounds of crushed oats daily, and each pair (heifers 1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc.), had four pounds of clover hay daily. Except the first day or two, all given of both oats and hay was eaten. During period 1, heifers 1 to 4, were fed corn-fodder from Burrell and Whitman ensilage corn, and heifers 5 to 8 were fed ensilage from the same. During period 2, heifers 1 to 4 were fed corn-fodder from Burr's white corn, and heifers 5 to 8 were fed ensilage from the same; and during period 3, all were fed corn-fodder from Burr's white corn. The daily routine was about as follows: 6:30 a. m., removed and weighed corn-fodder and ensilage left uneaten from previous evening feed. 7 a. m., fed crushed oats. 7:30 to 8 a. m., fed corn-fodder and ensilage. 9 to 10 a. m., weighed animals, removed and weighed corn-fodder and ensilage not eaten, and watered in stall. 10 a. m. to 3:30 p. m., heifers ran in a small lot, during which time clover hay was placed in mangers. 3:30 to 4 p. m., stabled and watered. 4 to 4:30 p. m., fed crushed oats. 5 to 6 p. m., fed corn-fodder and ensilage. Period 1. During period 1, January 6-30, 1890, heifers 1 to 4 were each given 12 pounds daily (5 lb. in the morning and 7 lb. in the evening) of Burrell and Whitman corn-fodder, and heifers 5 to 8 were each given from January 6th to January 15th, 25 pounds (10 in the morning and 15 in the evening), of Burrell and Whitman corn ensilage; from January 15th to 27th, 28 pounds (12 in the morning and 16 in the evening); and from January 27th to 30th, 30 pounds (13 in the morning and 17 in the evening). The constant aim was to give each animal the same quantity of crushed oats, and each pair the same quantity of clover hay, and to allow each animal all the corn-fodder or ensilage it would eat, though recognizing t h a t with full feeding some of the coarser parts of each would not be eaten. The total pounds of food eaten per day per animal, during the 12 weeks, January 6th to March 31st, was:

HEIFERS FED CORN-FODDER. HEIFERS FED ENSILAGE.

Fresh.

(During p e r i o d s 1 and 2). Water-free. Fresh. Water-tree. 5.92 5.19 1.64 12.75 16.87 20.17 6. 2. 28.17 6.57 5.19 1.64 13.40 17.55

Corn-fodder or ensilage. Crushed oats Clover hay Total per animal Total per 1,000 lb. live wt.

8.3 6. 2. 16.3