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of the value of them of wheat bran, but in figuring it out, I found 

 that many of them were feeding a ration that was deficient in ash. 

 This subject of ash is one that most of use have given very little 

 thought to. Now, all feeding stuffs consist of water and dry matter, 

 as you will see by this chart. 



ALL FEEDING STUFFS CONSISTS OF 



Water 



Dry matter, 



fAshes and inorganic matter 



•j Organic matter f Protein 



L -j Fat or ottier extract 

 I Carbo-hydrates 



r Nitrogen 

 ■I free extract 

 L Fibre 



Now, we may think that so long as the animal gets enough water, 

 it will be all right, but as a matter of fact, if we feed it in form of 

 succulence, we get better results. In dry matter, when the animal 

 burns it, it gets some ash. Now, if we multiply per cent, of nitrogen 

 by 6.25, we get the protein. 



In a properly balanced ration, the animal gets water, the right 

 amount of protein, fat and nitrogen for extract. 



I think it would be well to look for a moment at the following 

 chart. This chart shows the percentage of water in the different 

 feeds. The first column represents the minimum amount, and the 

 second the maximum. 



AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF WATER IN THE DIFFERENT FEEDING 



STUFFS. 



Oil-bearing seeds 



Oil by-products 



Cereal grains 



Mill by-products, 



Mill products, 



Straws 



Leguminous seeds, 



Leguminous hay, 



Non-loguminous bay, 



Pacliinghouse by-products, 



Stovers and fodders 



Pasture grains, 



Leguminous pastures, 



Silage, 



Roots and tubers 



Mills and mills liy-products, 



Frozen corn, in order to make the best silage, should be moistened. 

 Theoretically, you could make an old, sour silage; practically, it 

 works out all right, so far as my experience goes. Put on all the water 

 you want, and it will be all right. If it does not seem to have a proper 

 effect on the bowels, a percentage of linseed meal might be fed with 

 the silage to keep these cows in a good condition. We tried it at the 

 College this fall, and we found we had to increase the linseed meal in 

 order to keep these cows in good condition. 



Chart No. 6, which we will now look at, shows the amount of crude 

 protein in the different feeding stuffs. 



