264 SCIENTIFIC FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



tite is usually greater, and larger quantities of 

 food are eaten. 



Where green fodder is given in the stall, the same 

 degree of fattening can be reached as with dry food, 

 only the rations must, of course, be supplemented 

 by other foods according to the nutritive value of 

 the green food. Where the green plants (clover, 

 lucerne, vetches, serradella, etc.) are rich in protein 

 the addition should be in the form of cereal grains 

 or maize, rice meal, dried beet slices, or other 

 carbohydrate or fatty foods, whereas in the opposite 

 case the protein-content can be raised to the neces- 

 sary degree by means of oil cakes, dried brewers' 

 grains, ground leguminous seeds, etc. 



In most cases the process of fattening is carried 

 out by first using whatever hay or straw is to be 

 obtained from the farm, as well as the cheaper roots 

 (mangels, carrots, turnips, kohl-rabi). Where the 

 price of potatoes, beet slices, molasses, lupines, 

 brewers' grains, potato pulp, etc. is low these 

 should also be chosen, and any deficiency made up 

 with suitable concentrated foods. Information with 

 regard to the preparation and use of these feeding- 

 stuffs, as well as the most suitable quantities to 

 give, has already been given in Part II. 



When choosing a food, the amount of water 

 which it contains must also be taken into account. 

 The consequences of a too abundant supply of water 

 have already been noticed (p. 101). Where it is 



