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malt sprouts, buckwheat, middlings, etc. As buckwheat mid- 

 dlings is a New York State product and can readily be put in stock 

 during the winter, it is suggested to substitute it for the corn in 

 the ration. Again taking the figures from the table, we have: 



While this ration is much improved over the previous one and 

 will produce a much freer flow of milk, it is still too wide to pro- 

 duce the b j st results. 



If the timothy hay is reduced two pounds, and two pounds of 

 cotton-seed meal put in its place, we get: 



This ration corresponds very closely to the standard ; and while 

 the purchase of the cotton-seed meal will add somewhat to the 

 expense, still it is the experience of careful feeders that the 

 increased production will abundantly pay for thus securing a 

 proper balance to the ration. 



The same result may be obtained by using other feeding stuffs 

 having a narrow nutritive ratio. The question is likely to be 

 raised, which of the various feeding stuffs offered in the market 

 may most economically be used in supplementing the home- 

 grown foods to produce a balanced ration? This question is best 

 answered by formulating properly balanced rations containing 

 each of the foods under consideration, and by assigning the actual 

 market value per pound to each of the constituents of the ration, 

 its cost is readily ascertained and the cheapest may be selected, 



