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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



substitutes may be chosen. Corn, wheat bran, oil 

 meal, cottonseed meal, brewers' grains and many 

 other feeding stuffs can be substituted for oats. 

 Suppose we use 9 pounds of corn and 2 pounds of 

 oil meal in place of 14 pounds of oats. The nutrients 

 of the two will be as follows : 



OATS VERSUS CORN AND OIL MEAL 



From the standpoint of nutrients these two are 

 approximately equal. Let us compare the two as 

 to cost when oats are worth 56 cents a bushel, corn 

 65 cents a bushel, and oil meal $30 a ton. In both 

 rations 10 pounds of hay are to be given, and hence 

 the cost will rest with the kind of grain provided. 

 The cost of the two grain rations will be as follows : 

 Corn and oil meal = (9 X (.65 -=- 56) ) + (2 X 



($30 -:- 2,000) ) = 13.4 cents 

 Oats = 14 X (-56 -T- 32) = 24.5 cents 



Thus at prices quoted, but substituting 9 pounds 

 of corn and- 2 pounds of oil meal for 14 pounds of 

 oats, the same quantity of digestible nutrients can be 

 obtained and at a daily saving of n.i cents a horse. 

 If six horses are kept and are fed in accordance with 

 this saving for the working period of nine months 

 a net saving of $149.82 would result. 



