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Notes on Feeding Stuffs. 



[may, 





Wo burn, 

 1909. 

 Sandy 

 Loam.* 



Devon. 

 Light 

 Soil.t 



Jersey. 

 (Five 

 Centres.) J 



Aberdeen. 

 (Various 

 Centres.) 

 i907-9.§ 



No Nitrogen 

 Sulphate of Ammonia 

 Nitrolim 

 Nitrate of soda 

 Nitrate of lime 



Tons cwt. 



14 12 



15 19 



7 



13 9 

 15 6 



Tons cwt. 

 9 18 

 12 

 12 

 10 15 

 10 7 



lb. 



per perch. 



195 

 228 

 232 

 221 



228 



Tons cwt. 



8 6 



9 12 



8 17 



9 5 

 9 6 



The Use of Liquid Manure on Seeds Ley. — After the first cut of 

 hay, dairy farmers and others having Hquid manure may 

 obtain excellent results by giving a good application of this 

 substance — about 1,500 gal. to the acre. 



N.B. — The Notes on Manures will not be published in the 

 June issue of the Journal. 



It is satisfactory to note that the downward trend of prices 

 of feeding stuffs continues. Table I. shows the approximate 

 Notes on Feeding ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ number of common 



Stnflfs for June : 



From ihg 

 Animal Nutrition 

 Institute, Cambridge 



University. 



feeding stuffs as calculated from the 

 prices which are now included in the 

 Weekly Return of Market Prices issued by 

 the Ministry of Agriculture. Comparison 

 of this table with the similar table given 

 last month shows that in nearly all cases costs per food unit 

 have fallen. This fall in prices has been considerable in the 

 cases of palm kernel cake, coconut cake, dried grains, malt 

 culms, cotton cake, beans, barley, some kinds of foreign oats 

 and peas. It is also satisfactory to note that supplies appear 

 to be adequate, especially as the demand will probably decrease 

 as the season advances and grain becomes plentiful. 



Dairy Cows. — In the cases of dairy cows it will usually be 

 necessary to supply cake only to those cows which show signs 

 of scouring when first turned out on the very watery grass 

 which has resulted from the recent continuous wet weather. 

 For this purpose it is advisable to give about 2 lb. per head 

 per day of cotton cake, although this cake at present prices 

 costs about twice as much per food unit as palm kernel cake. 



'* Jour. Roy. AgHc. Soc, 1909, p. 385. 

 t Devon County Council Rept., 190 7-9,' p, 6. 

 I State of Jersey Field Expis., 191 1, p. 12. 

 § Aberdeen and N. Scotland Coll., Leaflet 9, p. 2. 



