164 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
PER DAY AND PER HEAD. 
Av. Digestible food 
live | Total materials. 
weight), dry: |\— | aan 
per \matter| Pro- | Carbo- Fat 
head. tein. |hydrates ‘ 
Growing cattle—Age. Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. 
2 ites THONGS! ee be ek 150 one. 1 0.6 2-1 0356 
Sto 6 months 2505-2: 300 7.0/1 1.0 4.1 1 80 
Giggle monihsss. 22355. | S007, 12: Oilok 3 6.8 |0.30 
i to 15 monsis:.. 2. | 700 | 16.8 | 1.4 9.1 |0.28 
Ste 24imMmonths 32h. sa: | 850 | 20.4 | 1.4 1035 Ose 
Growing sheep—Age: 
5 to-6 months.) ἀν σας: 56 150} oaAs 0.87 | 0.045 
6S ta Smecths. 2 oe. ae: 67 heed | D217 0.85 | 0.040 
10) SAAMONRTES νι Ἐς eos io 1.7 |.0.16 0.85 | 0.037 
Poa mipmmisit’ si 8: 82 ΘΙ Ua) Be! 0.89 | 0.032 
15 to 20 months........ 85 19-1 O42 0.88 | 0.025 
Growing fat swine—Age: 
2 40:3.ahonths..0). οὐ τς 50 1 :|10058 1.50 
tO ΠΟ τ | saeco ss3: 100 3.4 | 0.50 2.50 
ΟΠ ΘΙ ΠΕ i Ἐν ie ee Ns Wks! 2.96 
jG EO ts ROH LAS . oA. 170 4.6 | 0.58 5. 7 
ΒΟΌΣ 250 5.2 | 0.62 4.05 
Standard confirmed in practice.—It is not 
to be expected that an animal will receive the 
exact amount of digestible material in the 
rations as specified in this table, but a reason- 
able approximation to it, it is believed, will 
give the best results in feeding. For example, 
Wolff gives for a milk cow weighing 1,000 lbs. 
aration containing 24 lbs. dry matter, 2.5 Ibs. 
protein, 12.5 Ibs. carbohydrates and 0.4 105. fat. 
After examining into numerous rations fed by 
prominent dairymen the Wisconsin, New York 
and Connecticut experiment stations have 
found the above amounts recommended by 
