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By applying this table to the several rations, Nos. 1, 2, 3, -4 and 5, it will be 

 found that they contain the quantity of nutrients mentioned under the several 

 headings : 



Bat ion No. 1. 



Lb 



Com ensilage 25 



Turnips 25 



Straw 12 



Chopped grain, (barley aud peas) . . 4 



Eat ion JSTo. 2. 



Lb. 



Com ensilage 25 



Carrots 25 



Straw . 12 



Chopped grain, (barley and peus) . . 6 



Wheat bran 3 



Itation No. 3. 



Lb 



Hay 9J> 



Turnips 40 



Straw o 



Chopped bailey 2 



Chopped peas 2 



Oilcake 1 



Cotton-seed meal 1 



Ration No. 4. 



Lb. 



Com ensilage 50 



Straw 5 



Chopped barley 2 



Choppf-d peas 2 



Oilcake 1 



Cotton-seed meal 1 



Ration No. b. 



Lb. 



Com ensilage 20 



Turnips 20 



Hay 10 



Straw 5 



Chopped barlej- 2 



Chopped peas 2 



Oilcake 1 



Cotton-seed meal 1 



The term " nutritive ratio " is one which is employed to designate the proportion 

 which the digestible protein (called also the nitrogenous substances, or " flesh- 

 formers ") bears to the digestible carbo-hydrates and fat. The carbo-hydrates are the 



