68 Selection and Purchase of Gram. 



obtained from analyses upon which reliance can 

 be placed, and information will thus be easily 

 obtained whereby to institute a system of mixtures 

 for any purpose of feeding, 



SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF GRAIN. 



Most persons are aware that corn should be 

 thoroughly dry for feeding purposes, otherwise 

 inconveniences occur in the form of indigestion, 

 colic, weed, grease, or loss of condition, &c. 



Besides, in purchasing that which is not dry, 

 or seasoned, a decided loss occurs, which buyers 

 should avoid by securing a reduced price in 

 accordance. 



Owing to this, large feeders take advantage of 

 the markets, and purchase oats, peas, beans, barley, 

 &c., as they are aware that in good corn the loss 

 by a reasonable evaporation of water is an ample 

 payment for the construction of granaries for 

 spreading out and constantly turning ; added to 

 which, animals are kept in better condition, and 

 work is less interfered with by illness on that 

 account. 



I have known hundreds of quarters of corn 

 purchased under such conditions, and with the 

 observance of other measures, to be noticed, a 

 balance has been shown which has cleared the 

 cost of keeping the animals for a great portion of 

 the time, as compared with the previous cost from 

 another mode of feeding. 



