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Feeda and Feeding. 



Prices uxed in calcnUding cost of producing mUk and. fat in dairy 



herds atfovr Stations. 



New York. 



Hay, per ton |9 00 



Bilage, per ton 1 75 



Wheat bran, per ton 18 00 



Oats, per bushel 35 



Cotton-seed meal, per ton... 25 00 



C!om meal, per ton 20 00 



Com stover, per ton 3 00 



Fresh grass, per ton 175 



Roots, per ton 2 00 



Pasture, per week SO 



Minnesota. 



Hay, timothy, per ton 



Hay, prairie, per ton 



Hay, millet, per ton 



Silage, per ton 



Hay, oat, per ton 



Com meal, per ton 



Barley meal, per ton 



Linseed meal, per ton 



Oats, per ton 



Braa, per ton 



Mangels, squashes, per ton.. 

 Pasture, per season 



$5 60 



3 20 

 5 60 

 2 00 



4 80 

 14 00 

 14 00 

 26 00 

 18 00 

 11 00 



2 00 



3 50 



Utah. 



Alfalfa hay, per ton. |3 75 



Mixed hay, per ton 6 75 



Wheat, per ton 12 66 



Barley, per ton 15 00 



Bran, per ton 9 00 



Pasture, per month 100 



Missouri. 



Hay, perton $6 00 



Com chop, per ton 16 00 



Oil cake, per ton 20 00 



Cotton-seed meal, per ton... 18 00 



Bran, perton 12 00 



Pasture, per season 3 00 



691. Cost of milk and fat. — From the data collected we are 

 able to learn the cost of feed required by the dairy cow in pro- 

 ducing one hundred pounds of milk and one pound of fat at four 

 widely-separated American Experiment Stations, the data being 

 summarized in the table below: 



Cost of feed required in the production of one hundred pounds of mitk 

 and one pound of fat, by months — Four Stations. 



