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At Weende, 6.450 kilos (14.19 lbs.) of cereal straw, 3.550 kilos 

 (7.81 lbs.) of esparcet ha}-, 0.200 kilos (.44 lb.) of bean meal, 

 0.200 kilos (44 lb.) of rape seed cake. 



At Greene, 8.150 kilos (17.93 lbs.) of oat straw, 0.200 kilos 

 (.441b.) of aftermath, 1.000 kilo (2.2 lbs.) of clover haj', 0.G50 

 kilos (1.43 lbs.) of pea straw and 1.450 kilos (3.19 lbs.) of mixed 

 barley and oat meal. 



B^- referring to the anal^'ses we find that in the first case the 

 ration contained .500 kilo (1.1 lbs.) of albuminoids and 3.900 kilos 

 (8.58 lbs.) of carbohydrates, a total of 4.400 kilos (9.68 lbs.) In 

 the second case, 0.350 kilo (.77 lb.) of albuminoids, and 4.400 

 kilos. (9.68 lbs) of carbohydrates, a total of 4.750 kilos (10.451bs.), 

 and yet there was a slight production in both cases ; at "Weende, 

 the oxen weighing about 700 kilos (1540 lbs.) increased b}' about 

 35 (77 lbs.) to 40 kilos (88 lbs.), while those at Greene were used 

 every day for a small amount of work ; they preserved their good 

 condition throughout. 



Great changes in the nutritive relation should be avoided. In- 

 creasing the amount of albumin greath' in a ration and decreasing 

 the quantity of carbohj'drates, will onlv have for effect the rapid 

 decomposition of the albumin without its being beneficial to the 

 animal ; onh' a very small quantity of it being accumulated in the 

 bodv. The same is true even to a greater degree of carbohvdrates, 

 the increase of which in a ration does in no wa^' add to the animal's 

 weight. Such a proceeding is a mere waste of valuable fodder. 



When from a ration of maintenance one wishes to pass to a ration 

 of production, the transition should be gradual ; the quantit}- of 

 carboh^'drates and albuminoids must be increased, though not in the 

 same ratio. The condition of the animal has considerable to do in. 

 deciding the proper ration ; in fattening, if the animal be well 

 developed in muscle but not so in fat, the ratio between the albu- 

 minoids and carbohydrates may advantageously be made greater 

 than when the cattle to be fattened are alread}' quite well advanced 

 in fat. 



The following data ma}' be of use in preparing rations : 



Kind of animal. Ratio of albuminoids to carbohyd. Ratio of fats to albuminoids. 



Ox 1 : 9 to 1 : 15 <- 1 : 4 



Sheep 1 : 9 to 1 : 12 <^ 1 : 4 



Horse 1 : 10 <1 1 : 3 



The above figures must only be used as indications for the economi- 



