RELATIVE VALUE OF FEEDING STUFFS 85 
As these feeds are all high-protein feeds and adapted to feeding 
dairy cows, relative cheapness is the important consideration in this 
case, and we note that the feeds rank in the following order by all 
three methods in this respect: Gluten feed, distillers’ grains, cotton- 
seed meal, and oil meal. With the roughage on hand, corn silage and 
clover hay, the feeds may be given preference in the order given. If 
only starchy roughage were available, cotton-seed meal or oil meal, 
being richer in protein than the two others, would be more desirable 
feeds, unless their cost were greatly against them. 
QUESTIONS 
1. Give three methods by which the relative value of feeding stuffs may be 
determined. 
2. State the special advantages of each one of these methods. 
3. What is the relative value of the following feeds for fattening steers, at 
the prices given, according to the different methods stated: Clover 
hay, at $12 per ton; cornstalks, at $4 per ton; alfalfa hay, at $15 
per ton; shelled corn, at 50 cents per bushel; oats, at $30 per ton, and 
wheat bran, at $25 per ton? 
