204 FEEDING OF FARM STOCK. 



For 10 pounds clover hay, 10 X .5 =5.0 cents. 



For 30 pounds corn silage, 30 X .15=4.5 cents. 



For 4 pounds corn meal, 4X1.2 =4.8 cents. 



For 4 pounds bran, 4X1.1 =4.4 cents. 



For 1 pound cottonseed meal, IX 1.5 =1.5 cents. 



Total per day, 20.2 cents. 



The cost of the other rations calculated in the same man- 

 ner would be : 



For sample ration No. 2, 20.08 cents. 



For sample ration No. 3, 17.65 cents. 



For sample ration No. 4, 18.8 cents. 



For sample ration No. 5, 20.98 cents. 



It will be noticed that the cost of rations 3 and 4 is a 

 little lower than that of 1, 2 and 5. Hominy chop consti- 

 tutes a part of both the former and is largely responsible 

 for the lower cost. At the present prices of this feed it 

 would pay our farmers to take it into consideration in 

 making up their rations. Of course the prices used in the 

 above computations are only average, and will vary some- 

 what at different seasons and in different localities. The 

 farmer, however, should be on the alert and watch these 

 variations, and by a few simple calculations like those on 

 the preceding pages he can easily determine what would 

 constitute the cheapest balanced ration for him to feed. 



MIXTURES OF FEEDS. 



Instead of weighing out separately the given amounts of 

 each different kind of grain, it is more convenient to make 

 mixtures of them and then weigh out the required amount 

 of the mixture. Taking the grains in the five sample ra- 

 tions previously worked out, we can make up five mixtures 

 suitable for the dairy cow when being fed on the kinds of 

 roughage given in the ' ' foundation ' ' rations. 



[400 pounds corn meal 1 



Grain mixture L^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^.^^ 1 Amount for 900- 



N«' 1 |lOO pounds cotton seed mealj P«^^^^ ^^^' ^ ^- 



Roughage — Clover hay and corn silage. 



