FEEDING GROWING ANIMALS 



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TABLE LXXVIII. ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS PER DAY AND 

 HEAD FOR GROWING SHEEP 



Expressed in terms of an actual ration a bunch of ten 

 growing lambs nine months old would require on the 

 basis of the foregoing standard the following quantities: 



RATION FOR TEN LAMBS, 900 POUNDS. AGE NINE MONTHS 



Pounds 



Clover hay 20 



Turnips 20 



Peas 4 



Linseed meal 2 



FEEDING COLTS 



454. Food as related to quality of the horse. The 

 value of a horse for either draft or road purposes is greatly 

 dependent upon those physical qualities which secure 

 vigor and endurance. A horse is not regarded as desira- 

 ble that is devoid of "nerve" and that cannot sustain, 

 if necessary, the strain of hard, or even severe, work; 

 and breeders seek to produce animals having these char- 

 acteristics. Two main factors are involved in the proper 

 physical development of the colt: food and exercise. The 

 latter is a part of the general management to which the 

 horse-breeder must give detailed attention and will not 

 be discussed in this connection. The technics with which 



