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collected 40 samples of feeding- stutfs, incliidinij wheat l)ran and mid- 

 dlings, ship stutl', cotton-seed meal, coi-n meal, oats, and cob meal. 

 These were analyzed hv C. 1j. Penny, M. A., chemist of the Station, 

 Avho gives the details in a nuniln'r of tables, together with the aver- 

 ages of these analyses as compared with the standards for these feed- 

 ing stntfs ])i-epai'ed by Dr. Jenkins, of the Connecticut Station. This 

 comparison was very favorable to the Delaware samples. 



4. The wholeHnle prices per pound of protein and cavholxydrates in 

 ■concentrated feeds in DeJairme. — Comparison of the market price 

 and the actual value as determined by chemical analyses was made 

 for a number of feeding stulfs by '" the method of the least squares." 

 The average wholesale ]irices of the nutritive ingredients in bran, mid- 

 dlings, cotton-seed meal, cob meal, corn meal, and oats, as sold in Dela- 

 ware leaving digestibility and manurial Aalue out of account) are for 

 crude fat, 4.45 cents; protein, 1.23 cents; and carbohydrates, 0.52 cent 

 per pound. '' These rates represent in the first place the actual cost of 

 protein, fat. etc, in a mixture made of equal weights of each of the 

 six feeds named above; in the second place they represent the only 

 figures, which also give each and every oiie of the above feeds that 

 valuation Avhich is the closest poasible approximation to its actual 

 market price." The utility of these calculations is illustrated by the 

 examiDles of their practical apjjlication given in this bulletin: (1) 

 By the use of the calculated wholesale cost per pound of food it was 

 shown that the present jirice of clover hay is 50 per cent below its 

 intrinsic feeding value in comparison with bran, cotton-seed meal, 

 €tc. (2) By the use of the same figures it was found possible to 

 arrange the concentrated feeds common in this State, according to 

 their expensiveness for feeding purposes, thus giving those stockmen 

 who know Avhat they recjuire an o])])()rtunity to select the material 

 most reasonable in price. 



FLORIDA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Florida. 



UciKirttiKiil (>{ Florida atatc A<iriciilfnr<il (iinJ Mrclnniiriil Colh'i/e. 

 Location. Lake City. DiroctcM'. Rev. J. P. De Pass. 



P-I'LLF/nX No. (3, JULY, 1SS9. 



TrTFOMI -Al INCAKNATl 31 (CROISON CLOVEr) AND POA AKACHNIFERA 



(Texas iu.ue (ujass'I, J. C. Xeal, Pii. D. (pp. 3, 4). — Xotes on these 

 two plants, which are being experimented with in the lio])e of finding 

 a plant suitable for pasturage or silage in this State. A ntunber of 

 forage plants have already l)een exi)erimented Avith at the Station, 

 but thus far none has been found wliich makes a satisfactory growth 

 in this climate. 



Chemical axalyses, J. ISl. Pickeix. Ph. D.. and J. J. Earle, 

 B. A. (pp. 5-18). — Tliis includes analyses of ten samples of Avater 

 from different parts of Florida, four of gypsum, four of ashes, three 



