1890.] 



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Tabular Statement of the Cost per Day op the Above- 

 mentioned P"'oDDER Combinations. 



Considering the previously described fodder combinations 

 from a mere financial stand-point, they rank, with reference 

 to their net cost, beginning with the lowest, as follows : 

 11, 10, 3, 2, 8, 12, 14, 5, 1, 7, 6, 4, 13, 9. A close in- 

 quiry into the character of the coarser or bulky part of the 

 various fodder compositions cannot fail to show that, wherever 

 fodder corn, corn stover or corn ensilage have been fed in 

 part or in the whole as a substitute for English hay, in con- 

 nection with the same kind and amount of grain feed, the 

 commercial value of the manurial refuse obtainable has been 

 ])ut slightly if any affected ; while the net cost of the daily 

 feed of the animals on trial has been materially reduced 

 (from one-third to one-half) ^ It seems scarcely necessary 

 to mention, here, that only equally well-prepared fodder 

 articles are considered in the discussion. 



Sugar beets compare well, as far as net cost is concerned, 

 with good corn ensilage, when fed in quantities of from 

 twenty to twenty-five pounds of the former in place of from 

 thirty to thirty-five pounds of the latter. 



In view of these facts, it becomes a question of first 

 importance to ascertain to what extent it will be judicious, 

 as far as their commercial feed value is concerned, to advo- 



