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Feeds and Feeding. 



later upon recommendation of the Station, are giren in the fol- 



loTdng table: 



Baiions fed iy Connecticut dairymen and those adopted by fhem on 



recow,mendation of the Storrs Station. 



It will be seen that the change is mainly in supplying more 

 protein in the ration, thus narrowing the nutritive ratio. The 

 dairymen found by following the Station's advice that they were 

 able to effect a saving in feed cost of about six cents per hundred 

 pounds of milk and two cents for each pound of butter produced. 



682. Influence of feed prices on economy of rations. — The best 

 ration for Connecticut dairymen, or the most scientifically com- 

 pounded, may not be the most satisfactory for Western conditions, 

 because of difference lq price for leading feed- stuffs, for at the 

 West the carbohydrates are lower priced relatively than in the 

 East. To illustrate this point let us calculate the cost of milk 

 and butter for feed consmmed, based on the diiferent conditions. 

 In the following table is given the Connecticut prices reported bj 

 the Station and average Wostera prices for common feeding-stufls: 



Prices for feeding stuffs used in the Connecticut feeding trials and 

 those prevailing in the dairy district of the West. 



Kind of feed. 



Kind of feed. 



Con- 

 nectl- 

 out. 



Wes^ 

 em. 



Qmcffntraies. 



Wheat bran _ „ 



Corn meal „ 



Com and cob meal 



Cotton-seed meal 



Linseed meal (O. P.) 



Gluten meal_ _.. 



Gluten feed 



Imperial feed (wheat)... 



Wheat, middlingg_ 



Malt sprouts 



RouffTioffe. 



Hay, 1st quality. _. 



Hay, 2nd quality 



Hay, clover „ 



Oat nay _ _ 



Bog hay 



Corn silage ™ 



Corn fodder . 



Corn stover „ 



Oat striivT „ 



Huuffarian h»y.„ 



Potatoes, Btuall, per bu.. 



$16 00-18 

 12 00 

 14 00 

 12 00-14 



8 00 



2 50 

 10 00 



8 00 



10 00 



12 00 



10 



$8 00 

 600 

 SOO 

 S 00 

 8 00 

 2 00 

 5 00 

 4 00 

 SCO 

 800 

 10 



