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Eemarks on Above Rations. 



Linseed meal, cotton-seed meal and Chicago gluten meal 

 can be substituted one for the other without very materially 

 chano-ino; the cost of the ration or its feedino- eft'ect. Buffalo 

 gluten feed and Chicaijo maize feed can also be used inter- 

 changeal)ly. 



One-half pound of rowen and four to five pounds of corn 

 ensilage in a ration tends to cheapen the cost and is as 

 effective in feeding value as one and one-half to two pounds 

 of rowen. In general, four pounds of corn ensilage can be 

 reckoned an equivalent for one pound of rowen, so far as 

 dry matter is concerned. 



The rations as given can be increased or decreased pro- 

 portionately in quantity to suit the appetite and size of the 

 animals fed. 



General Conclusions. 

 The results of the three experiments during the years 

 1890, 1891 and 1893 with o;rowino- lanil)s have shown : — 



1. That the average total cost of feed required to pro- 

 duce one pound of live weight was 10.32 cents and tlie net 

 cost 5.34 cents. The selling })rice of live weight during 

 these years was G cents per pound. 



The same facts seem to hold good with sheej) as with 

 steers, viz., the coarse fodders and grains can l)e sold at 

 market rates and paid for in the value of the live weight 

 produced, and in the value of the nitrogen, phosphoric acid 

 and potash in the manure at the current market prices for 

 these articles. 



This experiment and many others made at the station 

 make the following point very emphatic : since the manure 

 produced, both solid and liquid, figures so prominently in 

 the financial results, it is extremely important that it should 

 be carefully preserved. 



2. Narrow rations, 1 : 4.7 (with a larger amount of 

 digestible protein than the w^ide rations), have produced a 

 s^reater gain in live weio:ht than wide rations, 1 : 7.0. 



3. The total cost of feed required to produce one pound 

 of live weight w^as about the same in each case, namely, 11.30 



