40 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



is too small even to hold one feed, so that the first food eaten is 

 generally passed to the small intestine before the meal is finished. 



LENGTH OF INTESTINES AND CAPACITY OF STOMACHS OF FARM 



It generally requires from three to four days for the food to 

 pass through the digestive tract of animals. 



1 Henry, Feeds and Feeding. 



