494 



NUTRITION OF FARM ANIMALS 



Estimating the maintenance requirements of the animals 

 from their live weights on the basis of his average results on 

 the maintenance of oxen (381), Kellner obtains the following 

 energy balances showing a considerably higher utilization for 

 milk production than that computed for fattening. 



TABLE 132. ENERGY BALANCES OF DAIRY Cows 



l i Kilogram starch value = 2.356 Therms net energy. 



