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\\"ith these two factors as a starting point we have estab- 

 hshed the price of our leguminous fodders according to 

 Kelhier's method. This method has been approved by 

 M. Grandeau, the pioneer in France of the rational feeding of 

 live stock. M. Grandeau has been instrumental in .spreading 

 a knowledge of the A\()rk of Cierman experimental .stations 

 and cf that of the Rolhamsted scientists, Lawes and Gilbert, 

 and he himself has added to our knowledge of the question 

 In his lectures at the Gonservatoire des Arts et Metiers, 

 and bv his agronomic articles published in the Toiips. 



The value of the Kellner method has been demonstrated 

 bv others as well, and tables appear in various French 

 agricultural jjublications. 



Professor A. Mallevre, of the Institut agronomique, has 

 helped to get the method adopted by breeders. 



As .soon as Ave had estal^lished the value of a leguminous 

 plant, either in the green condition or in the form of hay, by 

 means of these factors Rs. 0.02 and Rs. 0.20, we remarked at 

 once the great difference between them. Wishing to follow 

 modern researcli which tends to give such a small amount 

 of dift'erence between the nutritive principles, we found by 

 our calculations that the unit of nitrogenous matter w^as 

 wortli Rs. .091, the fat Rs. .105, and the carbohydrates 

 Rs. .053. These figures represent the average for the 

 fodders quoted. 



In order to obtain this result, the whole of the digestible 

 matters is tirst cimverled into starch, and the protein being, 

 from the monetar\' point of view, rarer and dearer, three- 

 quarters of the protein are added. 



This sum of niUrilive matters is equivalent to the price 

 of TOO kilos of fodder, and in order to establish the total 

 amount of each of these three elements we must first ascertain 

 the value of the 100 nutritive units. The sum total of the 

 three will give us the initial price of the fodder; but, as 

 fodder is bought according to its content of digestible 

 matters, we shall divide the figure for each element by its 



