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TABLE 3.— PRINCIPAL PROTEIN FEEDS ON OUR MARKETS. 



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Cottonseed meal $26 OO 



Linseed meal (new process) 28 00 



30 00 

 25 00 

 23 00 

 IS 00 

 19 00 



Linseed meal (old process), 



Gluten meal, 



Gluten feed 



Malt sprouts 



Brewers* grains. 



Buckwheat middlings ! 23 00 



Wheat bran 22 00 



Wheat middlings | 23 00 



42 

 39 

 36 

 38 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 28 

 16 

 16 



840 



7S0 

 720 

 760 

 500 

 4S0 

 4S0 

 560 

 320 

 320 



761 

 663 

 640 

 669 

 430 

 3S4 

 379 

 460 

 250 

 260 



874 

 898 

 970 



1,450 



1,266 

 806 

 942 



1,010 

 908 



1,220 



1:1.2 

 1:1.6 

 1:1.7 

 1:1.9 

 1:6.4 

 1:2.2 

 1:2.5 

 1:2.2 

 1:3.8 

 1:4.8 



3.4 

 4.2 

 4.7 

 3.7 

 6.3 

 4.7 

 5.0 

 S.O 

 8.0 

 8.1 



TABLE 4.— SHOWING MEANS OF INCREASING YIELD OF PROTEIN BY 



CROP IMPROVEMENT. 



(Average Yield Per Acre.) 



50 bushels corn, average protein, . 

 50 bushels corn, high in protein, . 

 60 bushels oats, average protein, . 

 60 bushels oats, high in protein, . 

 40 bushels barley, average protein, 

 40 bushels barley, high in protein, 

 25 bushels wheat, average protein, 

 25 bushels wheat, high in protein. 

 2 tons clover hay, average protein, 

 2 tons clover hay, high in protein, 

 21,4 tons cow peas, average protein, 

 2Vi tons cow peas, high in protein, 

 4 tons alfalfa, average protein, ... 

 4 tons alfalfa, high in protein, ... 



298 

 490 

 189 

 230 

 238 

 301 

 177 

 249 

 492 

 820 

 830 

 000 

 144 



1,624 



167 

 274 

 133 

 128 

 193 

 244 

 136 

 192 

 285 

 475 

 538 

 650 

 824 

 1,169 



