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Notes on Feeding Stuffs for December. 



[Dec, 



.ascertain for himself the cheaper of any two feeding stuffs 

 offered him, and he can then decide whether the difference in 

 condition and quality of sample justifies the difference in the 

 price asked. The chief object in view in publishing this table 

 is to draw attention to the kind of feeding stuffs which are on 

 offer at low values and likely to prove an economical purchase 

 to the farmer. 



Farm Values. — The second section of the table deals with the 

 estimated value of home-grown produce on the farm. In this 

 case, the reader should look at the price per ton of the feeding 

 stuff and compare it w^ith the price per ton offered him for 

 sale. If the price per ton offered for his home-grown products 

 shows a profit after allowing for cartage charges and buying 

 in fresh feeding stuffs, it will be an advantage to sell off these 

 products and buy in feeding stuffs. If, on the other hand, 

 such a procedure shows a loss, it will prove a more profitable 

 transaction to feed off the home-grown product rather than 

 sell it. It will be noted, for instance, that wheat, oats and 

 barley still show a distinct margin of profit if sold off rather 

 than kept for feeding, except in the case of middlings which 

 is distinctly dearer than the farm value of wheat. In the case 

 of barley, too, it would be an unprofitable transaction to sell 

 off barley at .^9 2s. a ton and buy in barley meal at £11 a 

 ton. 



FARM VALUES. 



Value per 

 Ton on 

 Farm. 



£ s. 



Manurial 

 Value per 

 Ton, 



£ s. 



Food 

 Value per 

 Ton. 



£ s 



starch 

 Equivalent 

 per 100 lbs. 



Value 

 per 

 unit 

 S.E. 

 1 s. d. 



Market 

 Value per 

 lb. S.E. 



d. 



Wheat .... - 



8 13 



18 



7 15 



71-6 



2/2 



i-16 



Oats 



7 5 



16 



6 9 



59-5 



2/2 



1-16 



Barley 



8 8 



14 



7 14 



71-0 



2/2 



M6 



Potatoes - - - . 



2 3 



4 



1 19 



18-0 



2/2 



1-16 



Swedes .... 



18 



3 



1.5 



7-0 



2/2 



1-16 



Man,e:olds - . . . 



16 



3 



13 



6-0 



2/2 



1-16 



Good Meadow Hay 



4 16 



16 



4 



31-0 



2/7 



1-38 



Good Oat Straw - 



2 12 



8 



2 4 



17-0 



2/7 



1-38 



Good Clover Hay 



5 7 



1 4 



4 3 



32-0 



2/7 



1-38 



Vetch and Oat Silage - 



2 2 



9 



1 13 



14-0 



2/4 



1-27 



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