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BETTER DAIRY FARMING 



WEIGHTS OF VARIOUS CONCENTRATES 



A grain mixture will have the proper bulk if a quart of it weighs 

 not more than a pound. Thus, in making up such mixtures it is 

 useful to know the relative weights of the common feeds. The 

 following table is taken from " Feeds and Feeding." eighteenth edi- 

 tion, by special permission of the authors: 



Table III. Weights of Various Concentrates 



Feedingstuff 



Barley, whole 



Barley, ground 



Beans, navy 



Beet pulp, dried 



Brewers' grains 



dried 



Buckwheat, whole. . 

 Buckwheat 



middlings 



Cocoanut meal 



Corn, whole 



Corn-and-cob meal . 



Corn meal 



Corn germ meal 



Cottonseed meal 



Distillers' grains 



dried 



Gluten feed 



Gluten meal 



One 

 quart 

 weighs 



Lbs. 

 1.5 

 1.1 

 1.7 

 0.6 



0.6 

 1.4 



0.9 

 1.5 

 1.7 



1.4 

 1.5 



1.4 

 1.5 



0.6 

 1.3 

 1.7 



One 



pound 



measures 



Qts. 

 0.7 

 0.9 

 0.6 

 1.7 



1.7 

 0.7 



1.1 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 



1.7 



0.8 

 0.6 



Feedingstuff 



Hominy feed 



Linseed oil meal. . 



Malt sprouts 



Molasses, cane .... 



Oats, whole 



Oats, ground 



Rice bran 



Rye, whole 



Rye, ground 



Rye feed 



Soybeans 



Wheat, whole 



Wheat, ground. . . . 



Wheat bran 



Wheat mixed feed . 

 W T heat middlings, 



flour 



Wheat middlings, 



standard 



One 



quart 

 weighs 



Lbs. 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 3.0 

 1.0 

 0.7 

 0.8 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 1.8 

 1.9 

 1.7 

 0.5 

 0.6 



1.2 



0.8 



( im- 

 pound 

 measures 



Qts. 

 0.9 

 0.9 

 1.7 

 3 

 1.0 

 1.4 

 1.3 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 2.0 

 1.7 



0.8 



1.3 



