COTTON SEED MEAL. I., II. and III. Sent on from Amherst, Mass. The publications of the Experiment Station will be sent free of charge to all parties interested in its work, on application. Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass. The absolute maximum temperature for the above seven months, viz. 94.5° June 14, exceeds that of last year by 1.5°. The absolute minimum temperature is -10°, Jan. 17th. Another cold wave was experienced in February when the minimum thermom- eter registered -8.° on the 18th; -5.5° was the lowest recorded tem- The last frost of the season occurred on the 8th of May. A cold wave of about two weeks duration in May was unfavorable to the germination of seeds and was a setback to general farming operations. The mean temperature for the first five months of the year is below that for 1891 during same months, while for June and July it is considerably above. The precipitation for the year thus far is below the normal. It will be noticed from the above table that during April only 0.65 inches fell, an exceedingly low figure for the month. The last snow storm occurred March 23d. WINTER FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH LAMBS. November, 1891 to May, 1892. The experiment briefly described in a few succeeding pages is the third one of a series designed for the purpose of studying the feeding effect and general economy of different combinations of grain feedstuffs when fed in connection with the same or similar kinds of coarse fodder articles for the production of meat. During our first experiment-corn meal, wheat bran and gluten meal (Chicago) furnished in varying proportions the grain feed part of the daily diet, see eighth annual report, page 67 to 90. During the second, corn meal, wheat bran, old process linseed meal and gluten meal (Chicago) served for that purpose-see ninth annual report, page 128 to 147; while in the third experiment, which is here under discussion, wheat bran, Buffalo gluten feed and Chicago maize feed, have been used as the grain feed part of the daily feed. The coarse feed portion of the daily diet during the first and second experiments consisted exclusively of rowen,--hay of the second cut of upland meadows, and of corn ensilage. In the third experiment during one feeding period corn ensilage was substituted by roots, (globe mangolds). The selection of lambs in all these trials was confined to our local supply. From six to nine animals served in each case for our observations. Six lambs, wethers, grades of uncertain parentage, were selected for the experiment here under consideration. Each animal occupied a separate pen during the entire time of observation; none of them were shorn before entering upon the trial. |