Principles of Feeding Farm Animals 



BY SLEETER BULL 



Associate in Animal Nutrition, University of Illinois 



i2mo, illustrated, $1-75 



This volume is an outgrowth from a class manual written for the 

 author's students in a general, elementary course in stock feeding. 

 The scientific facts underlying the art of feeding animals have been 

 presented in such a manner that the book will not only be suitable 

 for use as a text for college courses in general feeding, but will also 

 be valuable to the farmer who has not had the opportunity of a 

 technical education in agriculture. 



The author first discusses the scientific aspects of the subject, 

 presenting them in a simple, concise manner. Following that are 

 presented rather definite rules regarding the feeding of the different 

 classes of livestock which, taken in connection with the feeding 

 standards and the discussion of the nutritive value of the different 

 feeds, should enable the inexperienced feeder to formulate satis- 

 factory rations. Also, in treating of the feeding values of the different 

 feeds, the statements regarding the amounts, proportions and com- 

 binations of feeds in the rations of different classes of farm animals 

 are specific rather than general. A large number of valuable illus- 

 trations and tables have been included. 



Instead of devoting separate chapters to the feeding of the different 

 classes of farm animals the author has, in order to avoid duplication, 

 discussed separately the use of each of the principal feeds for the 

 different species and classes of livestock. For example, under the 

 discussion of corn, its use is given in the rations of growing cattle, 

 colts, pigs and lambs; fattening cattle, hogs and sheep; breeding 

 cattle, horses, hogs and sheep, dairy cows, and work horses. 



In addition to the discussion of the nutritive value of feeds and 

 rations, the author has also given particular attention to their ferti- 

 lizing values, a phase which is often neglected both by the student and 

 the stockman. 



"The book ought to be in the library of every farmer." Farmer's 

 Mail, Topeka. 



"It cannot fail to find wide range by the two classes of people 

 the author desires to reach, namely, the student and the feeder." 

 Journal American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 



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