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liajward ('iii})loycd whole wheat, ^rown at the station and 

 ground by the loeal miller. In the test about to be reported 

 St. Louis flour at a eost of 2 cents a pound was used. 



Coct)anut meal is a by-product in the manufacture of 

 cocoanut oil, and was obtained of the India Product Food 

 Company, 50 Cliatham Street, Boston, Mass. It has a de- 

 cided cocoanut odor, and tested 21.11 per cent, of protein 

 and 19.23 per cent, of fat. Cocoanut oil is likely to become 

 rancid after a brief period. Hay ward believed it to have 

 quite a favorable efl'ect as a i)art of the calf meal. 



Nutrium is a powder prepared by the National Nutrient 

 Company of Jersey City, N. J., and is simply skim milk 

 evaporated at a low temperature. It was very dry and fine, 

 and kept well. This company also puts out the same article 

 in granular form, but the powder is to be preferred. 



Dried blood, especially prepared for feeding purposes, is 

 otiered by the Armom* Fertilizer Works and by Swift & Co. 

 of Chicai^o. It is also to be had of the agricultural ware- 

 houses in the large cities. It was employed by Hay ward to 

 check scours. 



Cost per Pound of Each Ingredient and of the Mixture. 



Pounds. 



Cost 



(Cents). 



Total. 



Wheat flour, . 

 Cocoanut meal, 

 Nutrium, . 

 Linseed meal, . 

 Blood, 



30 

 25 

 20 

 10 

 2 



87 



2 

 10 



ly, 



41 



$0 60 



38 



2 00 



15 



08 



$3 21 



1 In small quantities. 



The cost per pound figures 3.7 cents, and to this must be 

 added the freight charges on the nutrium, cocoanut meal and 

 blood. Those who are desirous of trying this mixture would, 

 of course, purchase these ingredients in larger quantities than 

 the above, but it is doubtful if the meal could be prepared 

 for much less than 4 cents a pound. 



Method of Feeding the Meal. — This station tested the calf 

 meal, using two unselected thrifty grade Jersey calves, a 

 bull and a heifer. The several ingredients were in such 

 good mechanical condition that it was not necessary to grind 



