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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Grain : — 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Beans 



Corn, dent 



Corn, flint 



Corn, sweet 



Com cob 



Cowpeas 



Oats 



Peas 



Rye 



Soja beans 



Sunflower seeds 



Wheat 



Mill products: — 



Buckwheat bran 



Buckwheat middlings 



Corn bran 



Corn and cob meal 



Com and oats, equal parts 



Flax, ground 



Flour, low grade 



Middhngs 



Oat feed 



Oat hulls 



Rye bran 



Wheat bran, spring wheat. 



By-products: — 



Apples 



Beet pulp, fresh 



Beet pulp, dried 



Beet, molasses 



Brewer's grains, wet 



Brewer's grains, dry 



Buttermilk 



Cotton seed meal 



Gluten meal 



Gluten feed 



Hominy chops 



Linseed meal, old process. 

 Linseed meal, new process 



Malt sprouts 



Skim milk 



Whey 



Dry 



matter. 



.891 

 .874 

 .678 

 .894 

 .887 



.912 



.893 



.832 



.89 



.895 



.884 

 .892 

 .92 

 .895 



.895 

 .873 

 .909 

 .849 



.892 

 .908 

 .876 

 .879 



.923 

 .906 



.884 

 .877 



.152 

 .102 

 .901 

 .792 

 .243 



.918 

 .099 

 .918 

 .896 

 .922 



.889 

 .908 

 .899 

 .898 

 .096 

 .066 



Protein. 



.087 

 .077 

 .181 

 .078 

 .08 



.088 

 .004 

 .183 

 .092 

 .168 



.099 

 .296 

 .104 

 .092 



.074 

 .22 

 .074 

 .044 



.086 

 .206 

 .082 

 .128 



.125 

 .013 

 .115 

 .123 



.003 

 .006 

 .075 

 .091 

 .039 



.157 

 .039 

 .372 

 .258 

 .204 



.075 

 .293 

 .282 

 .186 

 .031 

 .008 



Carbo- 

 hydrates 

 and fat. 



.6944 

 .5352 

 .3943 

 .7702 

 .7652 



.805 



.5322 



.5684 



.5738 



.5348 



.7024 

 .5686 

 .7548 

 .6826 



.3496 

 .4636 

 .7084 

 .6696 



. 6354 

 .867 

 64.86 

 6116 



.5362 

 .4154 

 .551 

 .4334 



.1328 



.073 

 .614 

 .595 



.4854 



.(664 



.4618 



.697 



.6952 



.7152 



.495 



.4682 



.4118 



.0662 



.0542 



Nutritive 

 ratio. 



8.0 

 7.0 

 2.2 

 9.8 

 9.56 



9.1 

 133.0 

 3.1 

 6.2 

 3.1 



7.09 

 1.9 

 7.2 

 7.4 



4.7 

 2.10 

 9.1 

 15.2 



7.3 

 4.2 



4.2 



31.9 



4.8 



3.5 



44.2 



12.1 



8.1 



6.5 



3.2 



3.1 

 1.7 

 1.2 

 2.7 

 3.4 



9.5 

 1.6 

 1.6 

 2.2 

 2.1 

 6.7 



CALCULATION OF RATIONS. 



If our domestic animals were mere machines into which could be 

 poured feeding stuffs of definite composition and which would produce 

 from these materials definite and certain products, there would be no 

 art of feeding. The whole matter would be mechanical and all prob- 

 lems would be solved by mathematical formulae. Animals are some- 

 thing more than machines. They must be treated as individuals and as 

 sensitive beings, each with its own peculiarities of appetite and diges- 

 tion. The following suggestions in regard to the calculation of rations 

 are not intended to be a guide to the inex})erienced but are put forth 

 simply to help the man who already understands the nature of the ani- 

 mals with which he is dealing. 



