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only 17 to 19 quarts; and the stomach of the hog holds 

 only 7 to 9 quarts. The first compartment of the 

 stomach in cattle serves as a sort of storehouse for 

 food when first swallowed. Cattle, after chewing and 

 ■wallowing their food, bring it back into the mouth 

 from this first stomach, and after chewing it again, 

 swallow it. This process is called chewing the cud. 

 Sheep as well as cattle chew the cud, but the horse and 

 pig do not. 



207. All the Foods Produced on the Farm May Be 

 Utilized. — The fact that different domestic animals 

 prefer different kinds of food enables the careful stock 

 man to use to advantage all the food produced on his 

 farm. Cattle eat coarse fodder that horses will not 

 touch, and hogs eat many foods unfit for either horses 

 or cattle. Every pound of food produced may be used 



DM kind. The coarsest fodder, if properly 

 prepared, is readily eaten l»y cattle; and wheat straw, 

 a poor food in itself, is useful for mixing with rich foods 

 such as wheat bran <>r oottoneeed-ineaL Very coarse 

 fodder should be* run through a shredding machine 

 re it is fed. A shredding machine tears the fodder 

 into hits, in which condition it is more palatable to the 

 animal. It il well to dampen very dry fodder before 



i_r. both to nndcr it more palatable and to pr 

 the dual from it entering the nose and lungs of the 

 animal to which it is fed. Many horses contract had 

 coughs from the dust rising from very dry fodder. 



208. Experience and Observation Necessary. — The 

 feeding standards in Table VI 1 1 are intended merely 

 as guides for mixing the different foods that make up 



