No. 4.] CONCEXTRATED FEED STUFFS. 



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and the gluten feeds. Excess of fat, in summer especially, 

 is very liable to produce inflammation of the udder. 



The lesser amount of grain as specified above, fed to- 

 gether with the coarse feeds, will furnish about two pounds 

 of digestible protein daily, and the larger amount two and 

 one-half pounds. When cows derive part of their feed 

 during the summer from pasture grass, and })art from soil- 

 ing crops, about one-half the quantity of the grain mixtures 

 can often be fed to advantage. In case the soiling crops 

 are made up of one-half leguminous fodder, no grain need 

 be given. Should corn and soja bean ensilage or millet and 

 bean ensilage be fed in place of clear corn ensilage, the grain 

 ration can be reduced about one-third. 



As the cow approaches the time of calving the grain 

 ration can be gradually reduced. The cow ought to go dry 

 from 45 to 60 days. 



Table X. 



ShoKjiiHj the ComjKirative Commercial Values of the Different Feeds. 



Per Ton. 



Per Ton. 



Wheat bran 



Corn, wheat and barley meala, 

 Oat meal, .... 

 Hominy and cerealine feeds, 



Oat feed 



Rice meal, .... 



Wheat middlings, . 



Brewers' grains, . 



Malt sprouts, 



Gluten and maize feeds. 



Atlas meal (feed), . 



O. P. linseed meals, 



N. P. linseed meals, 



Gluten meal (first grade), . 



Gluten meal (second grade), 



Cotton-seed meal, . 



$18 00 

 19 00 



17 00 



18 00 

 16 00 

 21 00 

 21 00 

 21 00 

 23 00 

 28 00 

 28 00 



31 00 



32 50 

 35 00 

 31 00 

 35 00 



$14 00 



15 00 



13 00 



14 00 

 12 50 



16 00 

 16 00 

 16 00 

 18 00 

 22 00 

 22 00, 



24 00 



25 00 

 27 00 

 24 00 

 27 00 



The comparative dollars and cents values of the feeds as 

 given in the above table do not express their specific physio- 

 logical effects in the process of nutrition. The figures are 



