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138 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
The prices of the food materials used in calculating the cost 
of the ration were those current during the winter of 1899— 
1900. ‘Those of the feeding stuffs were averages of prices for 
ton lots quoted to the Station by dealers in several different 
cities in the state. Those for coarse fodders were based upon 
the market value of the various materials as estimated by the 
farmers themselves. 
In estimating the values of the manure obtainable from the 
different rations it was assumed that 75 per cent. of the nitro- 
gen, phosphoric acid and potash of the fodders and feeding stuffs 
may be saved in the manure.* The valuations per pound as- 
sumed for these ingredients were those estimated by the New 
England Experiment Stations for 1899-1900. T 
The following table shows the average market price of a ton 
of any of the different feeding stuffs used, and the estimated 
value of the manure obtainable from it. 
TABLE 33. 
Valuation of feeding stuffs as used in rations fed mulch cows in 
winter 1899-1900. 



= oH 
oy OF 2 
te URou 
ac goed 
¥ vo Ate 
KIND OF FEEDING STUFFS. came SS 5b 
as seks 
2 o Gesu 
ee Ego g 
ay MUU 
: ack 
Cream gluten meal, - - “ - - : $24.00 $12.50 
Atlantic gluten meal, “ = = “ : 22500 13.00 
Chicago gluten meal, - - - - - 24.00 13.00 
Wheat middlings, = - - - - - - 19.00 7.00 
Provender, - - - > - - - 1g.00 5.00 
Acme wheat feed, - - - - - - 19.00 8.00 
Buffalo gluten feed, - - - - - - 19.00 8.00 
Cotton seed meal, - - - - - - "= 20200 19.00 
Wheat bran, : = : 2 : 18.00 8.00 
H. O. dairy feed, - - - - - : 23.00 8.00 
Ground oats, - - - - - - - 22.00 7.00 
Corn and cob meal, - 3 : é - - 14.00 4.00 
Hungarian hay, - - - - - - 14.00 4.00 
Hay, mixed grasses, - - - - - - 18.00 4.00 
Rowen hay, - - : = - - - 15.00 5.00 
Oat and pea hay, - - - 27% - 12,00 5.00 
Corn stover,’ © - - : - - 2 S 6.00 3.00 
Corn silage, - - - - - - - 3.00 1,00 
Oat straw, - - - - - - - 6.00 2.00 




* See Rept. Storrs Sta. 1897, pp. 92-93. +See page 38 of the present Report. 
