1893.] 



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From previous discussions it will ho noticed that the 

 different fodder rations used during the live feeding periods 

 of our last ex})eriinent varied seriously in regard to inarket 

 cost as well as to net cost. To what particular circumstance 

 this result is due deserves some special attention. Whether 

 it is due to the cost of the grain feed or to that of the coarse 

 feed, and to wliat extent in either case, is shown in the 

 subsequent tal)ular statement. 



Statement of the Cost of Fine and Coarse Feed Portion of the Daily 

 Fodder Rations used. 



Fine Feed. 

 [Cents.] 



Coarse Feed. 

 [Cents.l 



Total cost, 



Manuvial value obtainable, 



Net cost, .... 



8.92 

 3.45 



5.47 



The mai'ket cost of our grain feed ration is materially the 

 same in all cases ; the high manurial value of maize feed 

 and cotton-seed meal (II., III., IV., V.), as compared with 

 that of corn meal (I.), makes the net cost of the former 

 two cents less than that of the latter. The pecuniary 

 advantages arising from an intelligent use of corn stover 

 and corn ensilage in the dairy industry, in place of English 

 hay, deserve particular attention. In view of these results, 

 it may not be out of place to repeat a former advice : — 



"The high market price of two of our most prominent 

 home-raised coarse fodder articles, first and second cut- of 

 upland meadow, English hay and rowen, affects seriously 

 the degree of our financial results in the production of milk, 

 as far as the cost of feed is concerned. We are in need of 

 a cheaper source of supply of coarse fodder substances than 



