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of fat. Feed number 45 sells for $1.70 per 100 pounds and 

 is guaranteed 16.00 per cent, protein and 5.50 per cent, 

 fat. Then one dollar buys 16.00 divided by 1.70 or 3.2 

 pounds of protein and 5.50 divided by 1.70 or 3.2 pounds of 

 fat. 



In other words in feed number U5 the consumer re- 

 ceives more than twice as much protein and nearly twice 

 as much fat per dollar as in feed number 93. These fig- 

 ures represent two feeds of the same type ivhich were sold 

 in Neiv Hampshire in 1923. In comparing feeds of the 

 same class this method shows fairly accurately their rel- 

 ative value. When feeds of different types like a cotton- 

 seed meal and a hominy feed are compared the digestible 

 protein figures should be compared and the carbohydrates 

 must also be taken into consideration. 



Table Number 4 shows the average number of pounds 

 of protein and fat one dollar would buy for each class of 

 the feeding-stuffs analyzed in 1923. 



TABLE NUMBER IV 



Class 



Alfalfa Meal 



Beet Pulp 



Calf Meal 



Compounded Feed . 

 Corn and Oat Feed 

 Cottonseed Meal . . . 



Dairy Feed 



Gluten Feed 



Hominy Feed 



Linseed Meal 



Oat Feed 



Poultry Feed 



Wheat Feed 



