324 ARID AGRICULTURE. 



Comparing the results given in the tables, we 

 find that ration No. 1 makes the cost of the food 

 for one cow for a period of 10 months feeding, 

 $46.50. Ration No. 2, costing 1% csnts per 

 day less, makes the feed per cow for 10 months 

 cost $41.25. If 25 cows are being fed, this 

 would result in a net saving to the farmer of 

 $131.25 over Ration No. 1. Ration No. 3 costs 

 3!/o cents less than No. 1, making the cost for 10 

 months $36.00, or a net saving over Ration Xo. 

 1 on 25 cows of $262.50. Ration No. 4 costs 

 the same as No. 3, and would result in the same 

 amount of increased bank account. Ration No. 

 5 costs 4 cents per day less than No. 1, and the 

 saving on 25 cows would be $300 more than 

 Avhere No. 1 is fed. It is readily seen that the 

 difference in the cost of food may result in a 

 profit or loss to the dairyman. Not only is it 

 perfectly feasible to vary the rations in some 

 such manner as that indicated, but it is a duty 

 every feeder owes to himself. He may often 

 take a profitable advantage of the local fluctua- 

 tions in price. The farmer who has raised corn 

 should sell it and buy wheat bran, if the prices 

 make bran the cheaper feed. 



A suo- It seems that there is good opportunity for 



SUMMER FOB western farmers to take advantage of the high 

 FEEDING prices of grain-fed beef in the early fall. In- 



variably, there is a spread of two to two and one- 

 half cents between prices of grass-fed stuff and 



