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Average Composition, etc. — Concluded. 



in. 



Corn meal, 8.25 lbs. 



Wheat bran, 8.25 " 



Old-process linseed meal, 3.25 " 



Hay, 18.50 " 



Total cost, 24. 18 cts. 



Net cost, 14.06 " 



Manurial value obtainable, 10.12 " 



Nutritive ratio, 1:5.73 



Summary of the Cost of the Daily Fodder Rations. 



4. Valuation of Feed. 



The commercial valuation of the feed stuffs used in the 

 above-described fodder rations is based on their market 

 price per ton of 2,000 pounds at Amherst during the time 

 occupied by the experiment here under discussion, October, 

 1889, to January, 1890. The market cost of wheat bran, 

 gluten meal and, in particular, of corn meal has since in an 

 exceptional degree advanced, while that of old-process lin- 

 seed meal and of English hay has remained materially the 

 same. Accepting the above-stated market prices as well as 

 the chemical analysis of the different fodder articles as the 

 basis for our financial calculation we find that the market 

 cost of the daily grain feed rations (periods I., II.), consist- 

 ing of corn meal and wheat bran with gluten meal, three and 

 one-fourth pounds each, amounts to 9.67 cents, while in case 

 of a corresponding quantity of corn meal, wheat bran and 

 old-process linseed meal it amounts to 10.32 cents, a differ- 

 ence of 0.63 cents in favor of the gluten meal containing 

 daily grain feed ration. 



