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3*1 r. Gurler — That is an idea, giving your cow a feather bed! I never 

 get up before an audience like this but what I learn something. 



3Ir. You spoke of feeding oats. What do you consider the 



right price for oats? 



I\Ir. Gurler — I do not want to buy any more oats if I can buy bran 

 for the same price. The work done at the Wisconsin Station several 

 years ago tested the comparative feeding values of oats and bran and if 

 I remember correctly, the oats were worth lo per cent more than the 

 wheat bran ; but you have to grind the oats, so if you can get wheat bran at 

 the same price, you just come out even. 



]\Ir. Glover — Oats are worth 40 cents a bushel and bran is worth 

 123^ dollars a ton. A ton of bran is equal to a ton of oats for feeding, 

 and when you can get 40 cents for oats and I25<2 dollars for bran, a ton 

 of oats will buy two tons of bran. That is an illustration of getting down 

 into the details of this business and applying business principles to it. 

 Don't work so hard that when you get into the house you are too tired 

 to think and go to sleep whether you want to or not. 



]\Ir. Glover — If oats are worth $25 a ton and bran $25 a ton, sell 

 your oats and buy bran, 



Mr. Where can you get bran with such a high feeding value? 



Mr. Glover — I am speaking of unadulterated bran. 



Air. Gurler — Do you mean light weight bran? 



Air. Here in Missouri it is run into a duster and it is so well 



separated that the ship stuff is a poor qualitv and the bran is a very poor 

 quality. We are not a wheat producing country. 



Air. Gurler — I am afraid you don't appreciate bran. 



Air. Oats are w^orth 30 cents a bushel here and bran is worth 



a dollar a hundred. 



Air. Gurler — That is an outrageous price for bran. Can't you get 

 it shipped here from Alinnesota ? 



Air. No. 



Air. Gurler — That stumps me. I will have to go to work and figure 

 it out. 



Air. Phipps — Cran as it is here is not worth feeding. One pound 

 of cotton seed meal for balancing the ration is worth 3 pounds of bran. 



Air. Aly experience is that there is no profit in bran at the 



price we have to pay for it now and I do not like to let the matter rest 

 there as it will be misleading to some parties. Bran is no feed for the 

 Alissouri farmer at the present prices. 



Air. Gurler — It would not pay anybody at that price. 



Mr. Abbott — Whv not balance the ration with alfalfa at $11 a ton? 



