VALUE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS 9 



pounds of various plant and animal products. The last column 

 to the- right shows the fertilizing value per ton when the above 

 prices are applied. 



Fertilizing Constituents in 1000 Pounds of Various Plant and 

 Animal Products 



_ ,. -^ _ „. Phosphoric Fertilizing 



Feeding Stuffs Nitrogen Acid Potash Value per Ton 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Wheat straw 4.3 1.3 7.4 $2.59 



Oat straw 6.5 2.2 12.2' 4.04 



Timothy hay 10.8 3.5 13.4 6.00 



Clover hay 20.9 4.3 20.8 10.87 



Corn 14.8 6.1 3.7 6.90 



Oats 18.1 7.7 5.7 8.58 



Wheat 17.3 9.6 3.5 8.23 



Rye 16.2 8.1 5.2 7.81 



Wheat bran 25.6 29.2 15.7 14.73 



Oil meal n. p GO.O 17.4 13.4 27.08 



Cottonseed meal 71.4 30.9 18.2 33.47 



Meat scrap 76.3 81.1 38.63 



Skim milk 5.0 3.5 2.0 2.55 



Whole milk 5.8 1.9 1.7 2.68 



Butter 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.56 ' 



From this table we learn that every ton of timothy hay sold 

 from the farm removes about $6.00 off the farm, just as truly 

 as though so much soil were shovelled into the river ; and that 

 every bushel of wheat sold carries away about 25 cents' worth 

 of the farm. Studying the table more fully we learn that for 

 every dollar's worth of soil fertility sold in wheat there is re- 

 ceived in return scarcely $3.50; for every dollar's worth sold 

 in timothy hay from $2.00 to $3.00; for every dollar's worth 

 of fertility in average whole milk at $1.75 per hundred $13.00 

 are received. While $15.00 are recovered for every one of 

 fertility lost in the sale of beef, the great surprise comes in the 

 item of butter, where $1071.00 are received for every one dollars 

 worth of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash sold (butter at 

 30 cents per pound). This remarkable showing in the case of 



