104 — STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.. 

There are also given in the case of each ration two suggested 
changes. It is hoped that out of the forty-eight rations which 
are given herewith farmers will be enabled to find a ration which 
is suited to their own needs and circumstances, and that they 
may be more or less of a guide toward a better feeding. The 
suggested rations are given as examples of the way in which the 
same feeding stuffs may be combined in other, and in general, 
probably better rations. All that has been said in the preceding 
pages, calling attention to the fact ¢hat there ts no such thing at 
present known as a “best ration,” and that all attempts to express im 
terms of protein and energy the needs of a dairy cow, are only approxt- 
mations, must be kept in mind in the study of the following rations. 
The costs of the different rations have been calculated by use 
of the following prices for the different feeds. The prices of the 
different concentrated feeds are the average, as ascertained by 
Dr. Jenkins of the State Station, at which they were sold in Con- 
necticut in December, 1893. 
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Wheat bran, - = $1g OO Oats, - : 2 a $2I OO 
Wheat middlings, - 2I OO Malt sprouts, - - 18 00 
Cotton seed meal, = 26 oO Rye meal, - - = 2I OO 
Buffalo gluten feed, - 2100 | Oat feed, - - - 2I oO 
Chicago gluten meal, - 25 co Hay, - = = “ 18 00 
Cream gluten meal, - 25 0O Ensilage, - - ate 2 50 
O. P. linseed meal, - 30 00° Oat hay, - - - 14 00 
N. P. linseed meal,_ - 28 00 Poor hay, - - - IO 00 
Corn meal, - ~ 2I OO Stover, - 5 - 8 00 
Hominy meal, - - 20 00 Rowen, - - - 14 00 
Corn and cob meal, - 20 00 
Daily Ration per 1000 Pounds Live Weight Actually Ked to Herd 
Lo, 1, and Suggested Rations. 

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As FED. SUGGESTED CHANGES. 
RATION No. I. 
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Wheat bran, - - 2.8 pounds. 4.0 pounds. 5.0 pounds. 
Wheat middlings, - 1.6 pounds, 2.0 pounds. — 
Linseed meal, - - 1.8 pounds. 2.0 pounds. 2.0 pounds. 
Buffalo gluten feed, - 2.1 pounds. 3.0 pounds, 5.0 pounds, 
Hay, - - - 11.0 pounds, 4.0 pounds. — 
Oat hay, - = - 5.3 pounds. 8.0 pounds. 3.0 pounds. 
Ensilage, - - - 27.3 pounds, 25.0 pounds. 50.0 pounds, 
Digestible protein, - 2.50 pounds. 2.50 pounds. 2.50 pounds. 
Fuel value, - - 33,450 calories. | 31,550 calories. | 31,350 calories. 
Nutritive ratio, I: - 6.2 5.8 Wren 

Cost of ration, - - 26.3 cents. 23,3 cents. 23.3 cents, 


