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excellent satisfaction for dairy stock, swine and horses. Recent in- 

 vestigation at this Station tends to show that ton for ton it is likely 

 to prove about equal in nutritive value to well-cured corn meal. Be- 

 cause of its dry condition it will not heat as does the latter feed stuff. 



Oats, also a carbohydrate feed, have rather more protein, noticea- 

 bly more fiber, and some 20 per cent, less digestible starchy matter 

 than corn. Experience has proved them to be the most satisfactory 

 horse feed. They can hardly be regarded as valuable a starchy feed 

 as corn meal. 



Corn ami oat feeds 2iX\d fortified oat feeds. In most cases the writer 

 believes the consumer will get more for his money by purchasing 

 straight corn, hominy and barley meals, or good oats, in preference 

 to these mixtures. 



H. THE COST OF DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN. 



The wise dairyman will make the farm produce the greater part, 

 if not all, of his starchy feeds, and as much as possible of the protein 

 needed. He will supplement his home grown fodders by purchasing 

 feeds rich in protein. The following table is intended to show the 

 cost of a pound of digestible protein in the more prominent concen- 

 trates. The ton prices given are average wholesale quotations for 

 the month of October. To obtain retail figures, add 10 to 20 per 

 cent. 



FEED STUFF. 



Cottonseed meal 



Linseed meal 



Gluten meal 



Gluten feed 



Distillers' dried grains . . . . 



Malt sprouts 



Flour middlings (red dog). 



Standard middlings 



Wheat bran 



Oats 



Corn meal 



Hominy meal 



Ton Price. 



26.70 

 26.75 

 28.25 

 24-95 

 25-25 

 20.00 

 25.70 

 23.00 

 2 1. 00 

 24.00 

 24.25 

 24.00 



Cost of Protein, 

 allowing for 

 Carbohydrates, 

 (cts. a lb.) 



2-37- 

 2.92 

 2.76 

 3.00 

 3.22 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.08 



4-74 

 7.69 

 7.40 

 6.56 



Cost of Protein, 



not allowing for 



Carbohydrates. 



(cts. a lb.) 



3-35 

 4-34 

 4.48 



5-42 



5-64 

 4.61 

 7.80 



7-93 



8.27 



13.48 



18.65 



1 7.00 



