114 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



ducted during the saine period of the year, — summer 

 season, — the results apparently point towards a higher 

 nutritive effect of the corn meal, as compared with that 

 of barley meal, under conditions like ours. The linal 

 decision in this direction will be left to further trials. 



The higher market price of the l)arley 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 4.29 cents. We received 5| cents 

 per pound. For more details, see farther on. 



Market Cost of Fodder Articles used. 



Barley meal, . fSO.OO per ton. ] Wheat bran, . $18.50 per ton. 

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



Valuatio7i 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.] 



Moistm'e, 

 Nitrogen, 



Phos2)horic acid, . 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Valuation i^er 2,000 pounds, 



Gluten 

 Meal. 



10.19 

 4.230 



.392 

 .049 



$14 90 



(1) 



