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Feeds and Feeding. 



Prices used m cdt^MlaUng cost of producing milk and fat in 

 Jierds at four Statiom. 

 New York. 

 Hay, per ton $9 00 



dairy 



Silage, per ton 1 75 



Wheat bran, per ton 18 00 



Oats, per bushel 35 



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



Com meal, per ton 20 00 



Corn stover, per ton 3 00 



Fresh grass, per ton 1 75 



Roots, per ton 2 00 



Pasture, per week 30 



Minnesota. 



Hay, timothy, per ton , 



Hay, prairie, per ton , 



Hay, millet, per ton , 



Silage, per ton 



Hay, oat, per ton 



Corn meal, per ton , 



Barley meal, per ton 



Linseed meal, per ton , 



Oats, per ton 



Bran, per ton 



Mangels, squashes, per ton. 

 Pasture, per season 



Utah. 

 Alfalfa hay, per ton.. 

 Mixed hay, per ton... 



Wheat, per ton 



Barley, per ton 



Bran, per ton 



Pasture, per month... 



Missouri. 



Hay, per ton $6 00 



Corn chop, per ton 16 00 



Oil cake, per ton 20 00 



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



Bran, perton 12 00 



Pasture, per season 3 00 



691. Cost of milk and fat. — From tlie 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 mUk 

 and one pound of fat, by months — Four Stations. 



Numberof cows 



Average weight of cow*.... 

 Average fat per cow 



New York. MlnnesotA. Missouri 



1,123 lbs. 

 286 lbs. 



976 lbs. 

 301 lbs. 



12 

 990 lbs. 

 248 lbs. 



Utah. 



15 

 970 lbs. 

 222 lbs. 



Average. 



January 



February ... 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



Bepteniber.. 



October 



November . 

 December .., 



$ .64 

 .G8 

 .71 

 .71 

 ..58 



Averaee » .57 8 .14 



$ .17 

 .18 

 .18 

 .18 

 .145 



.67 

 .67 

 .71 



132 



.37 

 .51 

 .51 



ia 



S .94 



1.01 

 1.21 

 1.01 

 .43 

 .24 

 .23 

 .14 

 .21 

 .42 



8a 



$ .56 



.62 

 .69 

 .49 

 .48 

 .15 

 .19 

 .21 

 .26 

 ..38 

 .59 



$ .58 $ .133 5 .63 S .152$ .43 $ .104$ 



S .16^ 

 .179 

 .187 



.'12.5 

 .064 

 .072 

 .OS'S 

 .0&4 

 .11:; 

 .157 

 .174 



