as $25.00 per ton for Lespedeza, the unit would cost him only a 

 fraction over 30 cents, or 8 cents less per unit than for Timothy 

 at the same price per ton. 



A mpre impressive illustration of the money value of the 

 two hays, based upon the feeding-units contained in each, may 

 be shown as follows: 



Calculating Timothy, for example, at $25.00 per ton. and 

 Lespedeza at $15.00, we make the following computation : 



If Timothy, with only 66 feeding-units, is worth $25.00 per 

 ton, then Lespedeza, with 81 feeding-units, ought to be worth 

 $30.68. 



Or, if we figure it the other way: If Lespedeza, with 81 

 feeding-units, is only worth $15.00 per ton, then Timothy with 

 only 66 feeding units, should only be worth, in feeding value, 

 $12.22 



These figures should speak for themselves. The analysis used 

 in each case is the published average analysis of each of the 

 two hays ; the factors used in reducing to feeding-units are the 

 same in each case; and while the prices per ton may not be 

 exactly those at present current, they are sufficiently close to 

 serve the purpose of illustration. 



A few words concerning the feeding of hay may not be inap- 

 propriate here. "With some feeders, hay simply means hay, 

 without any judgment or discrimination, whatever, as to its 

 composition, which has led, in many cases, to adverse criticism 

 of some of our most valuable leguminous hays. As an illustra- 

 tion, if we refer back to the ration showing that it would take 

 36 pounds of Timothy (a grass hay), fed along with 15 Ibs. of 

 shelled corn, to approximate the protein requirement, alone, of 

 the ration; and that the ration could be practically balanced, 

 in all of its nutrients, by the use of only 13 pounds of Lespedeza 

 (a leguminous hay), it must be evident that the latter contains 

 a much larger percentage of protein, which is highly nitrogenous. 

 Consequently, if as large an amount of leguminous hay, such 

 as Lespedeza, alfalfa, clover, etc., should be fed as of Timothy, 

 or other grass hay, there will not only be a waste of protein, 



