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FEEDING ANIMALS. 



actually saved by farmers and returned to the soil, then it 

 is easy to see the effect that must be produced by judicious 

 stock-feeding upon the depleted soils of the New England 

 and Middle States. 



Table No. 5. 



It will be noted that clover-hay is more valuable than 

 any of the cereals as manure; and common meadow hay 

 has a value above corn-meal. If the nitrogen, potash and 

 phosphoric acid are estimated at the usual commercial 

 value, then wheat bran, malt sprouts, linseed-meal, and 

 many of the richer feeding stuffs, are worth all they cost as 

 fertilizers. Wheat bran figures at $18 per ton ; malt sprouts 

 at $20.80 j linseed-meal at $30.48 ; cotton seed (decorticated) 



