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would be worth 85 per cent of $16 or Si 3. 60, the amount the farmer 

 can afford to pay for the oat feed. Again with cottonseed meal 

 worth $22, what can the farmer afford to pay for old process linseed 

 meal? Cottonseed meal equals 152, or $22, and linseed meal 135 or 

 $19.60. We have a case in simple proportion. 152 : 135 : : $22 : x 

 r=$19.60, the value of a ton of linseed. It must not be forgotten 

 that these figures do not take into consideration the mechanical con- 

 dition, or the particularly favorable effect which some feeds are sup- 

 posed to exert upon the general health of the animal. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



Bulletins containing information concerning 

 Concentrated Feed Stuffs, and analyses of the 

 same, will hereafter be sent only to those 

 especially desiring them. If you wish for these, 

 send your name AT ONCE to the Director, Hatch 

 Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. 



