18 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Local Market Cost of the Various Fodder Articles used from 

 Oct. 21 to Dec. 31, 1889. 



Commercial Value of the Essential Fertilizing Constituents contained 



in the Above Fodder Articles. 



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



Obtainable Manurial Value {per Ton) , allowing a Loss of 20 

 Per Cent, contained in the Milk sold. 



$5 02 



$12 68 



$16 92 



$5 22 



Net Cost of Above Fodder Articles per 2,000 Pounds (obtained 

 by deducting the Obtainable 80 Per Cent, of Manurial Value from 

 their Market Cost). 



Average Comj>osition of the Daily Fodder Rations used dtiring 

 Different Periods of the Experiment. 



I. AND II. 



Corn meal, 3.25 lb.s. 



Wheat bran, 3.25 " 



Gluten meal, 3.25 " 



Hay, ' . ID. 50 " 



Total cost, 24.30 ets. 



Net cost, 14.64 " 



Manurial value obtainable, 9.66 " 



Nutritive ratio, 1:6.35 



