New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 103 
FEEDING RATIONS. 
In the previous tables are given the data in the most available 
form for calculating rations* and for estimating the amount of 
digestible matter consumed per day by our farm animals. Nine- 
teen rations have been selected such as may be fed and often are 
fed by farmers, and regardless of their nature have calculated the 
amount of digestible matter for such rations, given the nutritive 
ratio, the cost per day for the ration, also the value of the fertil- 
izing matter contained in the ration. Not all of the fertilizing 
matter contained in such a ration will be recovered again in the 
dung and urine, a portion being retained by the animal. In the 
ease of milch cows probably about eighty per cent of the fertil- 
izing matter will be found in the voidings. In calculating the cost 
of rations the prices per ton for foods as given below have been 
used. The prices given for grain and meals are what they cost in 
this locality for the winter of 1888: 
Cost of Feeds. 
Per ton. Per pound. 
MUR EEG Vests or gla Gs s\ «odie, bloen'er v6 cee oncacn bles ss $20.00 .01 
(aT SS igs SN ci ll ni ae grr ea 20.00 -39501 
Pere aire (Oe Py) a Se es eke Cs Ce wince ols ote 26.50 .0133 
RMI OGL 5 a, Sgr i Gone wees ess Shi i ase 27.00 .185 
BeNOR NOD) 3 ones eek wnt te Ge a cles eee 26.00  .013 
PME IMISeAWROAL) 6.0 20. ile ma gta Sue wee ee le ae 20°. 007201 
Don cree ae at Sena, e Gea che os can Bon pes 2D OGEE: SOEZS 
EUSP RR a OL 20, 00%. OF 
BUSCA ee iho eo oe 8s Se BES ET Ree 3.00. .0015 
RUMEN ZC 8 8 ore Bee os egg ease ws es 3.00 .0015 
MURR ERE OVA ie Fedo Sighdle gc ti iaitly mmo doce ere 10.00 .005 
conc pS EMSS alee at ee et ae arene ran ne ae 5.00 .0025 
Red clover...... PAD, wer cue pie sare Lokam Oey Ns 12.00 .006 
NE Yo eS ks ae eae wal ce pe ook aw scm ys 12.00 .006 
EI Ae Pe iia teem shs ose tuls Doc gi hie ste @ og Wowle te acne 6.00 .003 
As will be observed, some of the rations following are nearly a 
“balanced ration” according to German standards, or guides, 
while others are far from being a well-proportioned mixture for 
milch cows, Rations 5, 6, 10,12, 13, 17 and 19 may be considered 

*A ration is the amount of food consumed by an animal in one day, or twenty-four 
hours. 
