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QUAMITV WD COST OF FEED REQUIRED TO MAKE 100 



POUNDS OF GAIN. 



In work of this character the real value of a feed, or 

 a combination of feeds, is measured by the number of 

 pounds of feed required to make 100 pounds of gain in 

 live weight, ^yith this information the farmer can ap- 

 ply the knowledge to his own conditions and quickly 

 determine what it would cost to make 100 pounds of 

 gain on his own farm. The table following shows the 

 (piantity of feed required to make 100 pounds of increase 

 in live weight and the cost of the gains under the con- 

 ditions of this test. The price placed upon the feeds was 

 their actual cost laid down on the farm. The silage, of 

 course, was made on the farm, and on it was placed an 

 estimated value of Jf>?.50 a ton. 



Table 3. — Quantilt/ Ami Cost Of Feed Required To Make 



100 Pounds Of Gain. 



(Dec. 1, 1909— Feb. 23, 1910.) 



(84 Days.) 



Results for first 56 davs — while silasje was fed. 



