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13. Is water a food ? 



14. Why does a hog suffer less from the cold than a horse ? He 

 has not as thick a coat of hair as the horse. 



15. If you wisli to fatten a farrow cow for the butcher what 

 would you feed her 'i 



16. What would you feed a new milch cow ? 



17. What is the difference between a balanced ration and an 

 unbalanced ration ? 



18. Do you feed your farm horses the same kind and amount of 

 food in winter as in sunnner ? Why ? 



19. What is animal manure ? 



20. Will it pay a farmer to work out the nutritive ratio of his 

 feed-stuffs? Why? 



21. Give an example of how you would do it ? 



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