AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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The following are the prices used : 

 Hay, $10 per ton. 

 Cotton-seed meal, $28 per ton. 

 Corn meal, $20 per ton. 

 Wheat bran, $20 per ton. 

 Ensilage, $3 per ton- 

 Pasturage estimated for each cow. 

 Applying these prices to tiie quantities of hay, ensilage and 

 grain found in the previous table, we have the figures below as the 

 cost of keeping the cows one year. Any one who wishes to use 

 diflferent prices can make calculations that will apply to his pe- 

 culiar conditions. 



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Cost of Food for One Year. 



Cost of hay 



Cost of cotton-seed ir;eal. 



Cost of corn meal 



Cost of wheat bran 



Cost of ensilage 



Cost of pasturage 



Total cost for one year. 





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$31.87 



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6.80 



6.42 



14.42 



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9.82 



9.76 



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$63.90 



$59.64 



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$57.95 



It may be asserted by some, and perhaps correctly, that by a 

 different method of feeding these cows might have been kept 

 more cheaply without diminishing production. But this work has 

 not been carried on so far for the purpose of 

 testing the comparative profits from various possible 

 rations, and so the feeding has been done in accor- 

 dance with the majority of practice of cattle feeders who 

 give proper attention to the way in which the foods are mixed. 

 There may be farmers so situated that they can feed the cows as 

 well at a much smaller cost. Doubtless there are such, especially 

 those who have such pasturage that the feeding of hay or grain 

 from early summer to early autumn is at no time necessary. This 

 question is not of importance, however, in this connection, and is 

 only mentioned to prevent misunderstanding. 



