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The above-stated market cost is subject to periodical 

 chansrcs, and the commercial value of their fertilizinoj con- 

 stituents varies more or less with the quality of each kind. 

 This feature does not affect materially the force of the point 

 made. 



A due appreciation of the previously pointed out favora- 

 ble features regarding the peculiar character of a numerous 

 class of commercial feed stuffs has caused a steady increase 

 in their consumption on the farm and elsewhere. The money 

 invested by farmers for securing commercial feed stujfs as an 

 additional food siqyply for home consumption exceeds to-day 

 many times the amount sjientfor commercial fertilizers. 



As no single commercial feed stuff' can be expected to 

 meet our present demand for these articles, nor can claim 

 to be the most economical one under varying market condi- 

 tions, and with due appreciation of the varying character of 

 our home-raised fodder supply, it is but proper that every 

 new addition in suitable kinds should receive a deserved 

 attention, and subsequently an actual trial to ascertain its 

 individual merits. 



A considerable number of these feed stuffs has already 

 l)een tried at this station during past years, in connection 

 with our feeding experiments with milch cows, growing 



