124 A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



SOME CONCENTRATED QUESTIONS 



1. What are concentrates? 



2. Why is corn so valuable? 



3. Which is better for cattle, corn meal or corn-and-cob meal? 



Why? 



4. What special value has bran? 



5. How do oats rank as feed for horses? 



6. In what countries is barley a popular feed? 



7. Why recommend linseed-oil meal? 



8. What can you say about cottonseed meal? 



9. Why feed tankage? 



10. What is the average composition of milk? 



HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS 



11. Collect samples of concentrates fed in your neighborhood, and label 



with name, composition, and price. 



12. Make up a sample ration, specifying on a card, 



(a) Pounds of each concentrate used. 



(b) Cost of each concentrate. 



(c) Nutritive ratio. 



(d) Kind of stock for which prepared. 



13. Learn what your neighbors are feeding for concentrates, cost, and 



how used. Can you suggest improvements? 



14. Who feeds tankage, under what conditions, and with what results? 



15. Investigate the conditions under which skim milk is sold for feed 



to creamery patrons in your locality, and report. 



