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Feeds and Feeding. 



Prices used in calculating cost of producing milk and fat in dairy 



herds at four Stations. 

 New York. Minnesota. 



Hay, per ton $9 00 



Silage, per ton 1 75 



Wheat bran, per ton 18 00 



Oats, per bushel 35 



Cotton-seed meal, per ton ... 25 00 



Corn meal, per ton 2000 



Corn stover, per ton 3 00 



Fresh grass, per ton 1 75 



Roots, per ton 2 00 



Pasture, per week 30 



Missouri. 



Hay, perton $6 00 



Corn chop, per ton 16 00 



Oil cake, perton 20 00 



Cotton-seed meal, per ton... 18 00 



Bran, perton 12 00 



Pasture, per season 3 00 



Hay, timothy, perton $5 60 



Hay, prairie, per ton 3 20 



Hay, millet, per ton 5 60 



Silage, perton 200 



Hay, oat, per ton 4 80 



Com meal, per ton 14 00 



Barley meal, per ton 14 00 



Linseed meal, perton 26 00 



Oats, per ton 18 00 



Bran, perton 11 00 



Mangels, squashes, per ton.. 2 00 



Pasture, per season 3 50 



Utah. 



Alfalfa hay, per ton $3 75 



Mixed hay, per ton 6 75 



Wheat, perton 12 66 



Barley, per ton 15 00 



Bran, perton 9 00 



Pasture, per month 1 00 



691. Cost of milk and fat. From the data collected we are 

 able to learn the cost of feed required by the dairy cow in pro- 

 ducing one hundred pounds of milk and one pound of fat at four 

 widely-separated American Experiment Stations, the data being 

 summarized in the table below: 



Cost of feed required in the production of one hundred pounds of milk 

 and (me pound of fat, by months Four Stations. 



