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In reviewing these figures the reader will bear in mind that the feed prices 

 are not those prevailing during the past two or three years, neither are the 

 prices allowed for product at all comparable mth those received throughout 

 the state. In a general way however an advance in the price of one com- 

 modity has been accompanied by a corresponding advance in the price of 

 the other. We will again remind the reader that the product and main- 

 tenance of the animals were expressed in terms of money value mainly as 

 a convenient means of comparison, and consequently the food and product 

 values assigned in the first report must be used in this. 



Table IIA which follows is taken from the first report and shows the value 

 of products, the cost of production, and profits for the first year. 



TABLE IIA. 



FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT. 



To enable the reader to answer many of the questions that will naturally 

 arise relative to the feeding of the herd we shall take up this matter in some 

 detail. 



In conducting feeding experiments in which the cost of food is an item 

 for consideration, especially if these experiments are to extend over a series 

 of years, it is advisable to estabhsh at the outset a scale of prices of values 

 for the different feeds to be used. The prices adopted are arbitrary and 

 are necessarily those used in the first report: 



