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REPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE. 



Of course, it is necessary that a fanner's judgment should be used in 

 the matter as well as the mere data given in the tables. The ration 

 must be palatable to the animal and in proper form. 



Wolff's tables of the composition, digestibility, and value of feeding 

 stuffs, and his table of feeding standards, are copied here from the admi- 

 rable report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. They 

 are not so good as those given by Kiihn in Mentzel und Von Lenger'ke's 

 LoMdwirthschaftliclies Kalender filr 1880, but are more concise. It must 

 always be remembered that these figures are derived from German ex- 

 periments, and will probably be modified in the future for this coimtry. 



Feeding standards, 

 [Per day and per 1,000 pounds live woig'nt.] 



Age and condition. 



1. Oxen at rest ia a stall.. - 



2. Wool sheep, coarser breeds 



Wool sheep, finer breeds 



8. Oxen moderately worked ...... .- 



Oxen hcavilyworked 



4. Horses moderately worked 



Horaes heavily worked 



B. MUk cows 



6. Fattening oxen, first period 



Fattening oxen, second period 



Fattening oxen, tliird period 



7. Fattening sheep, first period ... 



Fattening sheep, second period 



8. Fattenin;; swine, first period 



Fattening swine, second period ....... 



Fastening swine, third period......... 



9. Grawin;; cattle- 



Age in mouths : 2 to 3 



3to G 



10. 



Growing sheep- 

 Age Lu months: 



11. Growing fat piss- 

 Age in moiilhs: 



Growing cattle- 

 Age in months; 



Growing sheep— 



Ago in months: 



Growing fat swine- 

 Age in mouths: 



6 to 12 . 

 12 to 18. 

 IS to 24 . 



6 to 6. 

 6 to 8. 

 8 to 11. 



11 to 15. 

 15 to 20 . 



2 to 3. 



3 to 5, 



5 to 6. 



6 to 8. 

 8 to 12. 



2 to 3. 



3 to 6. 

 6 to 12. 



12 to 18 . 

 18 to 24. 



5 to 6. 



6 to 8. 

 8 to 11 . 



ntol5. 

 15 to 20 . 



2 to 3. 

 ii to 5 . 

 5 to 6. 

 6to 8. 

 8tol2. 



^■6 



tig 



Lis. 



1.50 

 300 

 500 

 7O0 

 850 



50 

 67 

 75 

 82 

 85 



50 

 100 

 125 

 170 

 250 



150 

 300 

 500 

 700 

 850 



fS, 

 67 

 75 

 82 



50 

 ]00 

 125 

 170 

 250 



Nutritive (digestible) 

 substances. 



o 



Lbs. 

 17.5 

 20.0 

 22.5 

 24.0 

 2C.0 

 22.5 

 25.5 

 24.0 

 27.0 

 2C.0 

 25.0 

 20.0 

 2.5.0 

 36.0 

 31.0 

 23.5 



22.0 

 23.4 

 24.0 

 24.0 

 24.0 



28.0 

 25.0 

 23.0 

 22.5 

 22.0 



42.0 

 34.0 

 31.5 

 27.0 

 21.0 



3.3 

 7.0 

 12.0 

 16.8 

 20.4 



1.6 



1.7 

 1.7 

 1.8 

 1.9 



2.1 

 3.4 

 3.0 

 4.6 



Lbg. 

 0.7 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 1.6 

 2.4 

 1.8 

 2.8 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 3.0 

 '2.7 

 3.0 

 3.5 

 5.0 

 4.0 

 2.7 



4.0 

 3.2 

 2.5 

 2.0 

 L6 



3.2 



2.7 

 2.1 

 1.7 

 1.4 



5.0 

 4.3 

 3.4 

 2.5 



0.6 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 1.4 



0.18 

 0.17 

 0.16 

 0.14 

 0.12 



0.38 

 0.50 

 0.54 

 0. 58 

 0.62 



Lbs. 

 8.0 

 10.3 

 11.4 

 11.3 

 13.2 

 11.2 

 1.3.4 

 12.5 

 15.0 

 14.8 

 14.8 

 15.2 

 14.4 



Ph 



13.8 

 13.5 

 13.5 

 13.0 

 13.0 



15.6 

 13.3 

 11.4 

 10.9 



10.4 



£68.. 

 0.15 

 0.20 

 0.25 

 0.30 

 0.50 

 0.60 

 0.80 

 0.40 

 0.50 

 0.70 

 0.60 

 0.50 

 0.60 

 2 





 5 



2.0 

 1.0 

 0.6 

 0.4 

 0.3 



0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.4 

 0.3 



•_- (O 



30.0 

 2.5.0 

 2.3.7 

 20.4 

 16.2 



2.1 

 4.1 

 6.8 

 9.1 

 10.3 



0.87 

 0.85 

 0.85 

 0.89 

 0.88 



0.30 

 0.30 

 0.30 

 0.28 

 0.26 



0.045 

 0.040 

 0. 037 

 0.032 

 0.025 



1. .50 

 2.50 

 2.96 

 3.47 

 4.05 

 I 



Lbs. 



8.85 

 11.70 

 13.15 

 13.20 

 16.10 

 13.60 

 17.00 

 15.40 

 18.00 

 18.50 

 18.10 

 18.70 

 18.50 

 32.50 

 28. 00 

 20.20 



19.8 



17.7 , 

 1G.6 

 15.4 

 13.9 



19.6 

 16.6 

 14.0 

 13.0 

 12.1 



37.5 

 30.0 

 28.0 

 2.3. 8 

 18.7 



3.00 

 5.40 

 8.40 

 10.78 

 1L96 



1.095 

 1. OGO 

 1.047 

 1.062 

 L047 



1.88 

 3.00 

 3.50 

 4.05 

 4.67 



Lbs. 



1:1,2 



1:9. 



1: 



1; 



1; 



1; 



1; 



1; 



1; 



1; 



1: 



1; 



1: 



1; 



1 



1 



7.5 



6. 



7. 



5.5 



5.4 



6.5 



5.5 



6.0 



5.5 



4.5 



5.5 



6.0 



6.5 



1:4.7 

 1 :5.0 

 1:6.0 

 1 : 7. 

 1:8.0 



1:5.5 

 1 :5.5 

 1:6.0 

 1:7.0 

 1:8.0 



1:4.0 

 1 : 5. 

 1 : 5. 5 

 1:6.0 

 1:6.5 



1 :4.7 

 1:5.0 

 1 :6.0 

 1 :7.0 

 1:8.0 



1 : 5. 5 

 1 : 5. 5 

 1 : 6. 

 1 : 7. 

 1:8.0 



4.0 



; 5.0 

 1.5.5 

 ; 6.0 

 ;6.5 



