State. From these replies the following prices were agreed upon as 

 a basis for the financial statement in this bulletin : 



Ear corn $11 .43 per ton, or 4oc per bushel. 



Clover hay 6.00 per ton 



Shredded stover 3 . oo per ton 



Oat straw 2.00 per ton 



Linseed meal 28.00 per ton 



The cost of shredding and baling have not been taken into con- 

 sideration in the above estimates, as neither in any way affect the 

 feeding value of the foodstuffs. The following table gives not only 

 the usual analyses of the feeds used, but also the fertilizer analyses 

 of the ash of these feeds : 



TABUS i : Analyses of Feed Stuffs.* 



FERTILIZER ANALYSES. 



*Analyses made by Department of Chemistry, Purdue Experiment Station. 



A study of the above table will show that the feeds used in this 

 experiment do not vary greatly from the average analyses* except 

 in moisture, which is less than the average. This is doubtless due to 

 the fact that the feeds were baled and stored in a barn early, and, 



*Henry's "Feeds and Feeding:.' 



