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At the present time (October, 1919) a satisfactory grain ration can be home- 

 mixed at from $60 to $70 a ton, while most of the ready mixtures are selling 

 at better than $80 a ton. While this difference is at least partly justified 

 by the present high cost of assembling and mixing, it is not economy for the 

 feeder to use them while such a variation exists. 



Molasses Feeds (more than 15 per cent protein). — With the exception 

 of Cow Chow Dairy Ration, Colonel's Ration and Tioga Horse Feed, the 

 feeds listed under this heading contained some low-grade by-products which 

 the molasses assisted in making more palatable. 



Hog Feeds. — The number of ready mixtures for hog feeding has in- 

 creased rapidly during the past few years. As a rule they have nothing to 

 recommend them above rations that can be mixed from standard products 

 found in most grain stores. The Grofast Hog Feed contains so much un- 

 palatable material that it is not readily eaten unless mixed with other grain 

 before feeding. 



Rye Feeds were all of good quality and should form a satisfactory com- 

 ponent of rations intended for either dairy cattle or swine. 



Hominy Feed or Meal. — The amount of hominy feed found is con- 

 siderably less than formerly, due to the decreased demand for brewers' grits. 

 The lots sampled were of good quality. Hominy feed is practically equal 

 to corn meal as a carbohydrate feed. 



Stock and Horse Feeds. — The larger part of these feeds contain 

 oat meal mill by-products (oat hulls, oat middlings and oat shorts) as a base^ 

 together with corn meal, hominy feed and other grains or grain by-products. 

 In order to obtain some idea of their relative values, they are tabulated in 

 the following table in accordance with their fiber content. Those which 

 contain the smallest amount of fiber, particularly if it is derived largely 

 from the oat hull, are the more digestible. 



