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Feed* and Feeding. 



later upon recommendation of the Station, are given in the fol- 

 lowing table: 



Rations fed by Connecticut dairymen and those adopted by them on 

 recommendation of the Storrs Station. 



It will be seen that the change is mainly in supplying more 

 protein in the ration, thus narrowing the nutritive ratio. The 

 dairymen found by following the Station's advice that they were 

 able to effect a saving in feed cost of about six cents per hundred 

 pounds of milk and two cents for each pound of butter produced. 



682. Influence of feed prices on economy of rations. The best 

 ration for Connecticut dairymen, or the most scientifically com- 

 pounded, may not be the most satisfactory for Western conditions, 

 because of difference in price for leading feed-stuffs, for at the 

 West the carbohydrates are lower priced relatively than in the 

 East. To illustrate this point let us calculate the cost of milk 

 and butter for feed consumed, based on the different conditions. 

 In the following table is given the Connecticut prices reported by 

 the Station and average Western prices for common feeding- stuffs: 



Prices for feeding stuffs used in the Connecticut feeding trials and 

 those prevailing in the dairy district of the West. 



