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course upon the present prices of grain. With different prices 

 for grain, the relative cost of the feed rations might not be the 

 same. The lesson of the experiment is then, if it is fair to draw 

 any lesson from it, that unless oats are essential for producing a 

 desired quality in the growing colt, a grain ration of any other 

 kind is likely to be much more economical. This experiment is to 

 be repeated with other animals, using gluten meal and middlings 

 for the mixed grain ration. 



