986 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



Barley meal 



Jtrewers' grains (dry) 



Buckwheat meal 



Buckwheat middlings 



Clovor hay 



Cerealine lood 



Corn-and-cob mual, . 



Corn meal 



Corn silage 



Corn stover 



I'otton seed meal, ... 



Gluten meal 



Gluten meal, 



Gluten meal (Buffalo), 

 Gluten meal (Atlas), 



Green rye 



Hominy meal 



Linseed meal, :.. 



Malt ."sprouts 



Mangolds 



Meadow hay, 



Millet hay 



Mixed hay, 



Oat meal, 



Oat straw, 



Potatoes 



Rutabagas 



Skimmed milk 



Timothy hay, 



Wheat bran 



Wheat chaff 



Wheat middlings, ... 



Wheat shorts 



Wheat straw, 



Price per Ton. 



$20 00 



14 00 

 20 00 



18 00 

 y 00 



12 00 



15 00 



19 00 

 2 00 

 5 00 



26 OO 

 IS 00 

 18 00 

 IS 00 

 IS 00 

 2 00 

 14 00 

 26 00 

 22 00 



2 00 

 11 00 



8 00 



10 00 

 22 00 



5 00 

 5 00 



3 00 

 3 60 



11 00 



18 00 

 5 00 



19 00 

 19 00 



5 00 



Price per Lb. 



1.0 

 0.7 

 1.0 



.9 

 0.45 



.6 

 9 75 

 0.95 



.1 

 0.25 

 1.3 



.9 

 0.90 



.9 



.9 



.1 



.7 

 1.3 

 1.1 



.1 

 0.55 



.4 



.5 

 1.1 

 0.25 

 0.25 

 0.15 

 0.18 

 0.55 



.9 

 0.25 

 0.95 

 0.95 

 0.25 



FEEDING STANDARDS. 



From Biillelin No. 22, Depavtment of Agriculture, Washington, 



D. C. 



Attempts have been made to ascertain tlie food requirements of 

 various kinds of farm animals under dilf(>rent conditions. Large 

 numbers of feedings experiments have been made under varying 

 conditions with this end in view. From the results, feeding stand- 

 ards have been worked out which show the amounts of digestible 

 protein, fat, and carbohydrates supposed to be best adapted to differ- 

 ent animals when kept for different purposes. The feeding stand- 

 ards of Wolff, a German, have been most Avidely used. They are as 

 follows: 



