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THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



the starch equivalents of feeding 

 "stuffs. 



Wm. Goodwin, M.Sc, Ph.D., 



The problem before most feeders of stock at the present 

 time is how to make home-grown foods go as far as possible, 

 and to decide which purchased foods are the best value at 

 current prices. Much more attention is . now paid to the 

 composition of concentrated foods, and, thanks to the 

 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, there is very con- 

 siderably less misrepresentation concerning the nature and 

 quality of these materials than in the past. Most farmers 

 scrutinise the analysis of a feeding stuff before embarking 

 upon its purchase, and this fact, combined with experience 

 in the use of foods of various kinds, has resulted in much 

 improvement in the composition of rations and in the 

 economy of feeding. 



To apportion the supply of home-grown and purchased 

 foods in such a way as to avoid, on the one hand, giving 

 too little, and, on the other, too much, is a problem which 

 is ever before the farmer. Information on the subject is 

 contained in leaflets issued by the Board, particularly 

 Xos. 74 and 79. A perusal of those two leaflets, 

 which . embody the results of much recent investiga- 

 tion, will enable anyone to gain a general view of the 

 subject. There are still some points, however, which, 

 although perhaps not yet accepted by all authorities,' are 

 nevertheless advances upon what has so far been accounted 

 the limit of our knowledge. An attempt to bring some of 



Vol. XVIII. No. 9. I* 



DECEMBER, 1911. 



Principal of the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College. 



