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determines their relative value in dollars and cents. It may 

 be that many of our readers will engage or are already em- 

 barked in the business of fattening sheep for market on a 

 small farm where it is impossible for them to raise their 

 own produce. When they have to go on the market for thier 

 barn supplies it is a matter of no little importance to know 

 which or what kind of food combines the more nutritious 

 substances at a given cost. The appended tables will to 

 such an one be invaluable. 



Organic Flesh Fat starch Crude 

 In 100 parts of Water. Ash. matter. formers. gum. fibre. 



Meadow hay 14.3 6.2 79.5 8.2 41.3 300 



Bed clover hay ...16.7 6.2 77.1 13.4 29.9 35.8 



Pea straw 14.3 4.0 81.7 6.5 35.2 40.0 



Bean straw 17.3 5.0 77.7 10.2 33.5 34.0 



Wheat straw 14.3 5.5 80.0 2.0 30.2 48.0 



Eye straw 14.2 3.2 82.5 1.5 27.0 54.0 



Barley straw 14.3 7.0 78.7 3.0 32.7 43.0 



Oat straw ..14.3 5.0 80.7 2.5 38.2 40.0 



orn fodder 14.0 4.0 82.0 3.0 39.0 40.0 



These analyses are taken from the hay cut in the blossom. 

 If allowed to get fully ripe the crude fibre is largely increased 

 and a corresponding depreciation of the fat and flesh form- 

 ing principles ensues. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE AS TO NUTRITION OP THE SAME MATERIALS IN ONE 

 HUNDRED PARTS, TAKING ENGLISH OR MEADOW HAY AS A BASIS. 



Meadow or English hay 10.0 



Clover hay 12.5 



Pea straw 16.5 



Bean straw 18.6 



Wheat straw 2.0 



Eye straw 1.6 



Barley straw 2.0 



Oat straw 1.8 



Corn fodder 2.5 



Now in order to produce the same nutrition in an animal 

 that ten pounds of meadow hay would give, there will have 

 to be fed of 



