FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



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THE KIND OF CONCENTRATED FEEDING STUFFS TO PURCHASE. 



The crops grown upon the farm are rich in carbohydrates and 

 poor in protein. Clover will help supply the needed protein, and 

 home grown grains will help out toward a balanced ration. But 

 after growing all the food that can be produced economically on 

 the farm, the dairyman will usually find that he needs to supple- 

 ment the home grown food by the purchase of concentrated 

 commercial feeding stuffs. 



As the farm produces or can be made to produce all the starch, 

 sugar and fiber that are needed, it is not necessary to take these 

 constituents into account in the purchase of supplementary food 

 materials. While they have a part, and a necessary part, in the 

 ration, it is protein that is needed to supplement the home grown 

 foods, hence the cost per pound of the protein in a given feeding 

 stuff is of more importance than the ton price. A ton of cotton- 

 seed meal costs more than a ton of oat feed, but the protein in the 

 former costs less than four cents a pound and ten or more in the 

 other. The following table shows the number of pounds of 

 protein that a ton of a few average feeding stuffs carries, and the 

 cost of a pound of protein at the usual range in selling price. 



COST OF ONE POUND PROTEIN IN DIFFERENT FEEDING STUFFS AT 

 DIFFERENT PRICES PER TON. 



Kind of feeding stuff. 



.2 



oS 



£5 



a 



go 

 < ft 



a 

 



< (X 



-3< O 



< ft 



c 



S3 



< ft 



a 

 < ft 



a 



go 



•t 



< ft 



Kew process linseed meal.. 

 Old.'piocess linseed meal.. . 



Pounds. 

 840 

 750 

 640 

 680 

 520 

 660 

 480 

 360 

 300 

 150 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 

 3.0 

 3.4 

 4.1 

 3.S 

 5.0 

 3.9 

 5.4 



Cents. 

 3.3 

 3.7 

 4.4 

 4.1 

 5.4 

 4.2 

 5.S 



Cents. 

 3.6 

 4.0 









4.7 

 4.4 









4.6 











4.5 



Union grains 









6.2 



5.0 



6.0 



12.0* 



5.4 

 5.7 

















Oat feed as Vim or Royal . . 





















* At $12 per ton, a pound of protein will cost 8 cents. 



