Show alie of fur cows E donator george S ol 01 massachusetts who lias alic cares alij excitements excite ments of public life for the more peaceful ami wu not anoro satisfying of agriculture not long ago to tho farmers club ot broton mass cicro lie resides alio results of experiments made by him to ascertain alic tivo value of coin fodder alij hay ai a i food for cows lie docs not ho says claim a sing ie experiment is conclusive a question of value but tin result is of to warrant further investigation and to the cultivation of alio corn crop in new england mr method iu been to cut alio corn at the ground as soon as alio llio seed is partially hardened set it in stocks aud allow it to stand until both alio cars and stalks arc ripe and fully seasoned the corn s then husked in aliu field and with taic fodder put under cover as quickly as possible for feeding alie fodder is cut into about an aneli in length placed in largo boxes ami there mixed with cob meil and saturated with water at alio boiling point the boxes are then covered si sis to be nearly hiir tiglia and allowed to stand about twelve hours before feeding hie following are the results as reported by mr experiment wn mido last december at that my stock consisted of forty nine animals 0 various sizes but estimated to be to forta si cows at alic time tho was made the feed of the stock per day for alic preceding three weeks had been as follows fol lowb vix corn tm mounil po unil milne it at 3 TO Il nl fait iuli iol it io cub JO polling valued 2 US total 7 sa upon this alio biily cost of food for each was a trilla noru alian sixteen cents at tho time the experiment wib made I 1 hail twenty tarco cows in milk of various ages and conditions and on the ath of december alio aggregate bold was ja pounds on sunday alio I 1 ali of december the best of english liay was substituted for alio corn fodder pound for pound but in nil other respects alio food was aliu same alio hay that is ago pounds was cut mixed with the of meal as was used with alio corn fodder anil subjected in i ir to alic garuo treatment alu simo quantity of dry hay ay buforo as furnished in addition on wednesday tho 1 all of december alic yield of milk wa 39 pounds a loss 0 coundi on thursday the alio use of corn f addor was resumed and on il of december tho yield of milk was 3 JJ pounds ii aikin of twenty three pounds one experiment peri ment is bot establish or overthrow a theory and I 1 submit alio result in this case rather for alie purpose of provoking inquiry and llie application of oilier tast it it appear in alic end us I 1 thick it will appear that well cured corn fodder properly treated for animal food is equal pound for pound with good hn then will no longer exist even a pretext for neglecting alio cultivation of boiu in new england alie daily cost of supporting doity six cows upon hay was 2 porton ta C for M pounds cob mcfall 2 oa total SJ or twenty one cents per cow it will be observed shows klinl may bo lono in now england in other parts of tho country alie relative values may vary considerably sider ably from mr liguras li gurus tho results may bo very aut tho statement alsis at least chis value everywhere that it how import ant to the farmer are observation and intelligent experiment in order to ascertain what is tho boat method 0 feeding for him to pursued tho best is anil ran Ch ena ai |