IXSPKCTIOX OF FEEDING-STUFFS. 



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The writer considers it impracticable to apply a scale of 

 valuations to feeclinu-stutfs; but there is nothing unfair in 

 a table showing the actual amounts of each nutrient which 

 can be purchased for a given sum. The following table 

 gives the retail prices for the more common feeding-stuffs 

 during October. 1905. 



AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS WHICH 81.00 AVILL BUY. 



Brand. 



Price per 

 100 lbs. 



Pounds 



of 

 Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



Cotton-seed Meal, 43 fc Protein, 9 fc Fat. $1.55 



Cotton-seed Meal. 39 fo Protein, 8 f« Fat. 1.55 



Linseed Meal, Old process 1.70 



Linseed Meal, New process 1.70 



Distillers' Grains, drj- 1.45 



Gluten Meal ' 1.60 



Gluten Feed 1 40 



Wheat Middlings, White 1.30 



Wheat Middlings, Brown 1.20 



Wheat Feed 1.25 



Wheat Bran 115 



Corn Meal 1.30 



Hominy Feed 1.25 



Corn and Oat Feed, " Victor" 1.10 



24.0 

 31.4 

 38.1 

 48.0 

 47.5 

 464 

 46.0 

 52.8 

 52.0 

 56.6 



It will be at once seen that cottonseed meal is the lowest- 

 priced protein food, w^ith distillers' grains next. Of the 

 wheat products, white or flour middlings are somewhat 

 more expensive than the other coarser forms, and need not 

 be selected for a cattle food, since cattle are quite able to 

 digest the coarser materials. 



Hominy feed is shown to be more economical than corn- 

 meal. The various compound feeds can be worked out in 

 the same way; and, as a rule, they will be found a little 

 more expensive than unmixed equivalents of bran, hominy 

 feed, distillers' grains and similar feeds. 



There are no failures on the part of any of the poultry 

 foods to reach the percentage guaranteed, while some of 

 the animal meats and scraps overrun heavily, especially in 

 fat. Excessive amounts of fat would not seem advan- 

 tageous for laying hens, however. 



The prices of several of the brands seem unduly high. 

 The cereal foods cannot be anv better than the g-rains from 



