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Table II gives a list of the feeding stuffs in most common use 

 in New York state. Column one is headed " dry matter ; " col- 

 umn two, "digestible protein ;" column three, " digestible carbo- 

 hj^drates -f (fat X 2}^) ;" column four, "total" (which is the sum 

 of two and three) ; column five, " nutritive ratio." In each of 

 these columns is given the computations of the various food 

 stuffs from one pound up to the amount that is likely to be used 

 in compounding any ration. In the case of the coarse fodders, 

 to save space, the increase is made by more than one pound at a 

 time, but intermediate amounts can readily be obtained from the 

 table if desired. In no case are the calculations for ten lbs. of a 

 feeding stuff given, as these can be obtained at once from the 

 figures for one pound, by simply moving the decimal point one 

 place to the right. 



These computations are based upon the table of ' ' Average 

 Digestible Nutrients in American Feeding Stuffs " given in Prof. 

 W. A. Henry's recent book, " Feeds and Feeding." The aim 

 has been to carry the computations involved in formulating 

 rations as near completion as possible, and to present the figures 

 in such simple form that no feeder will have difficulty in com- 

 paring the ration he is feeding with the standards and correcting 

 it, if necessary, to conform thereto. 



