114 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



ducted during the ssime period of the year, — summer 

 season, — the results apparently point towards a higher 

 nutritive eftect of the corn meal, as compared with that 

 of barley meal, under conditions like ours. The final 

 decision in this direction will be left to further trials. 



The higher market price of the barley meal, as compared 

 with that of corn meal, at present market rates, is an addi- 

 tional cause of a less favorable financial result than in most 

 of our late experiments, from VI. to IX. inclusive. The 

 average net cost per pound of dressed pork, in our tenth 

 experiment, amounted to 4.2!) cents, 

 per pound. For more details, see farther on. 



We received 5| cents 



Market Cost of Fodder Articles used. 

 Barley meal, . $30.00 per ton. ] Wheat bran, . $18.50 per ton. 



Skim-milk, . 1.8 cts. per gal. ] Gluten meal, . $22.00 per ton. 



Vcduation of Essential Fertilizing Constituents in the Various 



Articles of Fodder used. 



Nitrogen, 17 cents per pound ; phosphoric acid, 6 cents ; potassium oxide, 4.^ cents. 



[Per cent.] 



Gluten 

 Jleal. 



Moisture, 



Nitrogen, 



Pliosphoric acid, . 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Valuation per 2,000 pounds, 



10.19 

 4 230 

 .392 

 .049 



$14 90 



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