BULLETIN 560, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Table 5. — Average price of each feed, by States (27 farms, 316 horses). 



Kind of feed. 



Illinois 



(154 

 horses). 



Ohio 



(72 

 horses). 



New 

 York (90 

 horses). 







SO. 5403 

 .3445 



SO. 608 

 .418 

 .836 

 .60 



SO. 766 





: do 



.4684 



Rye 



...do... 



.810 

















.615 



Shorts 







1.50 



1.385 



1.20 







.do... 





1 36 



Chop 



do.... 





1.82 





..do... 





1.50 





do 





1.835 

 1.56 



1.80 





do.... 









do.... 



1.15 







do 





1.30 











.82 





do 





.22 







do.... 





.25 



Hay 





12.16 

 5.24 

 4.25 



11.67 



13.14 

 4.50 

 3.43 



10.80 

 8.00 



13.27 





do.... 



5.08 





do.... 



5.00 



Oat hay and sheaf oats 



do--.. 



do.... 







10.00 





do.... 





7.20 





do.... 



3.50 

 1.60 



1.00 







Pasture (grass) 



month. . 



do.... 



1.55 



1.34 











19.97 

 7.64 



24.33 

 9.80 



28.65 





10. 76 









PRICES OF FEEDS. 



The feed costs given in the foregoing tables are based on the values 

 of feeds at the farm for feeds raised, and on actual cash costs for feeds 

 purchased. These costs for each year were governed somewhat by 

 market prices, and the average value on each farm was influenced 

 by the quality of the feed, and the relative quantity used at different 

 prices. 



It will be seen that the average price per bushel of corn in Ohio was 

 SO. 067 higher than the average price in Illinois, and in New York 

 $0,158 higher than in Ohio. Likewise, the average price per bushel 

 of oats in Ohio was $0,074 higher than the average price in Illinois, 

 and in New York $0.05 higher than in Ohio. The average price per 

 ton of hay for Ohio was $0.98 higher than for Illinois and that for 

 New York $0.13 higher than that for Ohio. 



A comparison of the variations in grain prices in the three States 

 with figures from the Yearbooks of the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture for the years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913 shows .that in Ohio 

 the average farm price per bushel of corn for three years was $0,046 

 higher than in Illinois, and in New York $0.12 higher than in Ohio. 

 Also, these figures show that the average price per bushel of oats 

 for these years was $0,029 higher in Ohio than in Illinois, and $0,084 

 higher in New York than in Ohio. These variations are less than 

 those shown by the figures used in this bulletin. This is partly due 

 to the fact that the prices used in this bulletin are averages for a 

 small number of farms, while those shown in the Yearbooks of the 



