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This case of feeding, which is given as an illustra- 

 tion merely, would not be strictly followed in prac- 

 tice, as a greater variety of food would be better for 

 the animal, and would not materially alter the result. 

 Pulped roots may always be used with advantage in 

 connection with corn-meal and stalks, if the propor- 

 tion is properly regulated. 



It will be seen that if the farmer, in this instance, 

 sells his beef at cost, he gets one dollar per bushel for 

 his corn, and six dollars per ton for his stalks, out of 

 which, however, is to be deducted the cost of grind- 

 ing the grain and chaffing the stalks. 



But the price of beef, in the New York market, 

 has not been as low as five cents, on a yearly average, 

 for a long time. The price for the last year (1865) 

 averaged about eleven cents, and for the last six years 

 about seven cents per pound, for the live weight. 



If, then, he sells his beef at the average price of 

 the last six years, he realizes for his corn one dollar 

 and fifteen cents per bushel, and for his stalks eight 

 dollars per ton ; while if he gets for his beef the 

 average price of the last year, it pays him one dollar 

 and sixty-one cents per bushel for his corn, and ten 

 dollar per ton for his stalks. 



The following table indicates the price realized by 

 the farmer for his corn, for different prices of beef, 

 and also for different amounts of corn ' required in 

 feeding, to produce a pound of beef. Fractions are 

 here omitted, as the results in whole numbers are suf- 

 ficiently accurate for general purposes : 



