RELATIVE VALUE OF FEEDING STUFFS 85 



As these feeds are all high-protein feeds and adapted to feeding 

 dairy cows, relative cheapness is the important consideration in this 

 case, and we note that the feeds rank in the following order by all 

 three methods in this respect : Gluten feed, distillers' grains, cotton- 

 seed meal, and oil meal. With the roughage on hand, corn silage and 

 clover hay, the feeds may he given preference in the order given. If 

 only starchy roughage were available, cotton-seed meal or oil meal, 

 being richer in protein than the two others, would be more desirable 

 feeds, unless their cost were greatly against them. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give three methods by which the relative value of feeding stuffs may be 



determined. 



2. State the special advantages of each one of these methods. 



3. What is the relative value of the following feeds for fattening steers, at 



the prices given, according to the different methods stated: Clover 

 hay, at $12 per ton; cornstalks, at $4 per ton; alfalfa hay, at $15 

 per ton; shelled corn, at 50 cents per bushel; oats, at $30 per ton, and 

 wheat bran, at $25 per ton? 



