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Weights and Measures of Common Feeds

The weights and measures of common feeds listed below can be used to calculate rations. The first column lists the type of feed, the second column lists its approximate weight in pounds per quart, and the third column lists its weight in pounds per bushel.

Feed	Approximate Weight
Alfalfa meal Barley Beet pulp (dried) Brewers' grain (dried) Buckwheat Buckwheat bran Corn, husked ear Corn, cracked Corn, shelled Corn meal Corn-and-cob meal Cottonseed meal Cowpeas Distillers' grain (dried) Fish meal Gluten feed Linseed-oil meal (old process) Linseed-oil meal (new process) Meat scrap Molasses feed Oats Oats, ground Oat middlings Peanut meal Rice bran Rye Soybeans Tankage Velvetbeans, shelled Wheat Wheat bran Wheat middlings, standard Wheat screenings	(lbs. per quart) 0.6 1.5 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.0 --- 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.9 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.9 0.5 0.8 1.0	(lbs per bushel) 19 48 19 19 50 29 70 50 56 50 45 48 60 19 35 42 35 29 42 26 32 22 48 32 26 56 60 51 60 60 16 26 32

All data are from Ensminger (1963), "Horses and Horsemanship."

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