Fodder articles used during onr feeding experiments, {1885 to 1889) . 



vni.iP r.f !ivti/.i<i Market price Value of manurial Relative net cost 



j>aiue or diucie. per ton. constituents per ton. per ton. 



Eiiglisli hav, $15.00 S 5.58 $10.54 



Roweu (dry), 15.00 9.83 7.14 



Fodder corn (dry), 5.00 4.53 1.38 



roni stover (dry I. 5.00 3.21 2.43 



Corn ensilage, 2.75 1.56 1.50 



Corn meal 21.90 6.51 16.69 



Wheat bran, 20.70 13.64 9.79 



Gluten meal, 23.40 15.23 11.22 



Considering our entire feeding experiments, 1885 to 1889, we find 

 that corn meal has cost per ton $22.75, wheat bran $21.00 and 

 gkiteu meal $24.50 ; the latter sells to-day at $23.00 per ton, corn 

 meal at $19.00 and wheat bran at $16.50 ; the market price of hay, 

 corn stover, etc., has practically remained the same as far as the 

 same season of the year is concerned. Serious variations in the market 

 price of our fodder articles not infrequently advise changes from one 

 article to another of a similar character and composition. At present 

 local market prices of feed stufts, hay and corn meal are very costly 

 fodder articles ; the same applies to carrots. 



FEEDING VALUE OR NUTRrilVE VALUE OF FODDER 

 ARTICLES. 



From preceding remarks it will be apparent that we have secured a 

 satisfactory basis for our guidance to decide the relative money value of 

 current fodder articles as well as that of an entire diet. Quite different 

 however, is our situation when the determination of their relative 

 feeding vahie is involved, for it is an undeniable fact that the relative 

 commercial value of fodder articles does not necessarily coincide with 

 their relative feeding value ; it rarely docs. This circumstance arises 

 from the fact that both are determined by different standards. The 

 commercial or money value of lodder ailicles, as far as they enter the 

 general market, is regulated like that of other articles of merchandise 

 by supply and den)and ; the greater the former and the less the latter, 

 the lower is their market price, etc. ; the relative money value of a 

 given quantity can be expressed for the same locality by one 

 definite sum. 



The feeding value or nutritive value of a fodder article refers 

 especially to its feeding effect ; it depends usually on the co-operatiou 

 of a series of varying conditions, sometimes more or less beyond our 

 control. Foremost among these are : 



