300 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SCHEDULE OF FEEDS AND PRICES. 



Clover hay $5 00 per ton. 



Corn silage 2 50 per ton. 



Green corn 2 00 per ton. 



Succotash 1 50 per ton. 



Roots 2 00 per ton. 



Corn meal 20 00 per ton. 



Corn and cob meal 16 00 per ton. 



Wheat bran 18 00 per ton. 



Oats 20 00 per ton. 



Dried beet pulp 15 00 per ton. 



Dried molasses beet pulp 16 50 per ton. 



Gluten feed 20 00 per ton. 



Oil cake 28 00 per ton. 



Cotton seed meal 26 00 per ton. 



Pasture for season 5 00 per ton. 



It has been the plan to handle the herd in as uniform a manner as possible, 

 making variations only in amounts of feed as demanded by the milk yield, 

 the stage of lactation, and the individual peculiarities of the animal. They 

 were all kept in good milking condition, but were not allowed much increase 

 in live weight except tow^ard the close of their milking periods and while 

 dry. So far as it could be controlled each cow was allowed to go dry from 

 six to eight weeks. 



The regular winter ration of the cows was corn silage, hay, and grain, 

 supplemented at times by mangolds. During the summer they had some 

 pasture and grain, supplemented by silage, succotash, or green corn as the 

 condition of the pasture, the milk flow, and the maturity of the soihng crop 

 dictated or permitted. 



In Table III are given the pounds of food consumed by each cow, arranged 

 as to kinds. The costs of grain, roughage, and pasture are given separately. 

 For convenience roots are classed under roughage. By the use of the "Sched- 

 ule of Prices" the cost of any item of roughage or grain for any cow may be 

 obtained. 



Table III A which folio w^s is taken from the fu'st report and shows the food 

 consumed by the original herd in producing the product and values reported 

 in Tables I A and II A. 



