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Notes on Feeding Stuffs. 



[FEB., 



Column (6), and should be guided in using feeding stuffs by 

 the starch equivalent or linseed cake equivalent as given in 

 Columns (7) and (8). 



It may perhaps be useful to give some idea as to the prospect 

 of supplies of feeding stuffs in the future. It appears likely 

 that the supply of millers' offals, which was so short during 

 the War, will be considerably increased in the coming season. 

 The prospects for supplies of feeding barley are, however, not 

 so good, and this feeding stuff is likely to be scarce and dear for 

 some time There has been during the last few years a 

 considerable change in the importation of barley. Countries 

 which used to send considerable quantities of barley to the 

 United Kingdom have been prevented from doing so by war 

 and post-war conditions. North America has less than 

 the usual quantity of barley to export, and the exchange 

 between the United Kingdom and the States at the present 

 time makes the importation of American barley extremely 

 expensive. The supplies of home-grown oats seem to be 

 fairly satisfactory, but the prospect of importing normal 

 quantities of oats is not good. As regards maize, several 

 countries which used to supply large quantities are no longer 

 able to do so. Last year's maize crop, however, was quite 

 good, both in North and South America, but, as in the case of 

 barley, the exchange makes the importation of maize from these 

 countries extremely expensive. The importation of oil seeds 

 during the last year has increased very largely, resulting in the 

 production of very large quantities of cakes of all kinds. 

 Consumption of cakes, probably on account of the high prices, 

 and possibly, too, because farmers have discovered during 

 the War that they could keep their animals quite satisfactorily 

 on much smaller cake rations than they were accustomed to 

 use before the War, has not increased so rapidly as the pro- 

 duction. There is consequently a large stock of cakes in the 

 country at the present time, and it is quite likely that prices 

 will decrease. For some time past cakes have sold considerably 

 under the maximum prices ; so much so, that the maximum 

 prices have now been removed, as well as almost all restrictions 

 on their use. 



