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8. Explain why corn-meal is said to have a nutritive ratio of 

 1:9.7. 



9. If you are keeping cows for milk will it pay you to grow more 

 clover and less timothy ? Why ? 



10. Will you try the experiment suggested ? 



11. In what way is an unbalanced ration wasteful? 



12. Why not feed animals grass alone ? 



13. Why not feed hay alone ? 



li. How much corn-meal can the animal use ? 



15. Why does a working animal need more food and often differ- 

 ent kinds of food than an idle animal ? 



16. Do you think it would be practicable to make a difference in 

 what you feed the two ? 



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