38 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Summary of the Cost of the Daily Fodder Rations {Cents). 



PERIODS. 



I. 



II. 



ni. 



IV. 



V, 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



Market cost, 

 Manurial value 

 obtainable, 



Net cost. 



27.15 

 11.34 

 15.81 



25.28 



9.60 



15.68 



24.90 



9.99 



14.91 



23.28 

 11.66 

 11.62 



23.98 

 11.18 

 12.80 



15.63 

 6.11 

 9.52 



15.65 



7. 

 8.57 



25.35 

 10.58 

 14.77 



25.20 



9.57 



15.63 



4. On Vahmtion of Feed. 



The commercial valuation of the feed adopted in this report 

 is based on the contemporary local market cost (November, 

 1890, to May, 1891) of the different fodder articles used, 

 I. e., their retail selling price at Amherst per ton. The 

 market price of the coarse fodder constituents of the* daily 

 diet, as rowen, fodder corn, corn ensilage, soja beans 

 and corn stover, is the same as during the preceding year 

 for the same period, November, 1889, to May, 1890, while 

 that of most of the grain feed constituents of the daily diet, 

 as corn meal, wheat bran, gluten meal and cotton-seed meal, 

 is exceptionally high as compared with that during the pre- 

 ceding year for corresponding months. Old-process linseed 

 meal alone had suffered a slight reduction, one dollar 

 per ton. 



The changes in their market price were as follows : — 



Local Market Price per Ton of 2,000 Pounds at Amherst, Mass. 



November, 1889, 

 to June, 1890. 



November, 1890, 

 to June, 1891. 



Corn meal, . . . . 

 Wheat bran, . . . . 

 Cotton-seed meal, . 

 Old-process linseed meal. 

 Gluten meal (Chicago), 



Rowen, 



Corn and soja bean ensilage. 

 Corn stover, . . . . 



$19 00 

 17 50 



26 00 



27 00 

 24 50 

 15 00 



3 50 

 6 00 



$28 00 



25 00 

 28 00 



26 00 

 28 00 

 15 00 



3 50 

 5 00 



