CORNELL READING-COURSE FOR FARMERS. 



SUPPLEMENT TO LESSON NO. 8, JANUARY, 1900, ON 



BALANCED RATIONS. 



1. How many farmers in your neighborhood feed corn-meal for 

 all purposes ? 



2. What and how much would you feed a fresh milch cow ? 



3. What is protein ? Of v/hat special use is it to the animal ? 



4. How is the body of an animal kept warm ? 



5. What kind or kinds of food must an animal have in order to 

 do work i 



6. What is a "nutrient"? 



7. May any one hay or grain contain both the foods which the 

 animal needs most i In the right proportions ? 



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