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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



Selection of Feeding Stuffs. 



In selecting feeding stuffs for his 

 stock, the farmer will naturally be 

 governed by the condition of the 

 market. The cost oi leeding stuffs 

 is controlled by other factors than 

 the actual amounts of food materials 

 which they contain; indeed, there 

 often appears to be very little con- 

 nection between the two. Bearing In 

 mind that the protein is the most 

 expensive ingredient, and the one 

 especially sought in concentrated 

 feeds, the farmer can make his selec- 

 tion with the aid of the tables show- 

 ing the digestive materials in 100 

 pounds. This will show him whether 

 feed wheat at 70 cents a bushel is as 

 cheap as corn at 60 cents, and how 

 gluten feed at $25 per ton will com- 

 pare with linseed meal at $30. 



Stock Foods. 



A considerable number of .proprie- 

 tary articles, sold under trade names, 

 are found on the markets of this 

 country. Judging from the extent 

 to which they are advertised and sta- 



tistics which have been collected 

 from feeders, the employment of pre- 

 pared or condimental feeds must be 

 quite extensive. Extravagant claims 

 are made foT them as to their effect 

 upon the general health of animals, 

 and their feeding value, or their 

 ability to increase the feeding value 

 of other foods fed in conjunction with 

 them. They frequently contain a con- 

 siderable quantity of salt, some fenu- 

 greek, aromatic seeds, charcoal, Ep- 

 som salts, sulphur, cayenne pepper, 

 gentian, ginger, etc. 



Analysis of samples of these feed- 

 ing stuffs collected from time to time 

 show that none of them can be re- 

 garded as concentrated feeds in the 

 common acceptance of the term. The 

 basis of the best of them is linseed 

 or flaxseed meal, or some cereal by- 

 product. They are usually sold at 

 exorbitant prices, ranging from 10 to 

 20 cents a pound. Neither the claims 

 made for their valuable properties, 

 nor the need of supplying tonics or 

 medicines with the food, will justify 

 the feeder in buying such materials. 



"LYNON LADDIE." 



SIRE LYNON CHAMPION. CHAMPION 

 SHIRE STALLION. 



A. C. Shakerley, 



Hulme, Pekisko P. 0., 



ALBERTA. 

 Station High River, C.P.R. 



Importer and Breeder of 

 Pure Bred Shires. 



My Stallions and Mares 

 won over 60 prizes includ- 

 ing 13 cPiampionships, 24 

 first prizes, at thie large 

 exiiibitions in Western 

 Canada, 1913. Shires not- 

 ed for their quality and 

 substance. Stallions ac- 

 climatized and foal get- 

 ters; mares in foal. My 

 stocks are by the best 

 sires in England. Write 

 for particulars. 



