1893.] 



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1. Live Weight and Cost of Lambs. 



Live weight (pounds), . 



Market cost at 5.5 cents per pound, 



426.00 

 $23 44 



2. Character and Cost of Fodder Articles. 



The grain feed used consisted of wheat bran, Chicago 

 maize feed and Buffalo gluten feed bought in our local 

 market. These articles were of a fair quality and of a good 

 mechanical condition. Chicago maize feed, and Buffalo 

 gluten feed are waste products obtained from maize in con- 

 nection with the manufacture of glucose-sugar ; they are 

 valuable recent additions to our commercial resources of con- 

 centrated feed stuffs. The coarse feed stuffs, consisting of 

 rowen (hay of second cut of upland meadows), of corn ensi- 

 lage and of globe mangolds, were produced at the station, 

 and were of the same good quality as those described in a 

 previous bulletin (No. 42). The local market value and the 

 chemical composition of the various fodder articles used at 

 different times in the daily diet are recorded in the sub- 

 sequent tabular statements. 



Local Market Cost per Ton of the Various Articles of Fodder used. 



Wheat bran, $22 00 



Maize feed (Chicago) , 25 00 



Gluten feed (Buffalo), 23 00 



Rowen, 15 00 



Globe mangolds, 4 00 



Dent corn ensilage, 2 50 



Sweet corn ensilage, . , 2 50 



