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Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



BALANCED 



RATION 

 HAS BOTH 

 COLUMNS 

 EQUAL IN 

 LENGTH 





HOW DIFFERENT FOODS BALANCE 



SHOWING THE EXCE55 OR LACK OF PROTEIN 



A BALANCED RATION REQUIRES 6 TO 7 TIMES AS MUCH STARCH, SUGAR, 



FIBER AND FAT AS PROTEIN THEREFORE THIS COLUMN IS MADE 



THAT MUCH WIDER 



TO MAKE A BALANCED RATION OF THESE FOODS, COMBINE THEM 

 SO THAT BOTH COLUMNS OF THE MIXTURE AKE EQUAL 



HEAVY BLACK LINE INDICATES PROTEIN - 

 CROSS -SECTION LINES INDICATE STARCH, 

 SUGAR, FIBE* AND FAT - 



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w. c. PALMER 



N. D. FAKMCRS INSTITUTES 



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BALANCED ALFALFA BRAN 



OATS CLOVER BARLEY CORN ENSILAGE CORN FODDER TIMOTHY OAT .STRAW 



PROTEIN IS THE TISSUE BUILDING NUTRIENT- IT CAN ALSO BE MADE INTO HEAT ENERGY AND FAT 

 STARCH, SUGAR. FIBER AND FAT CAN ONLY BE MADE INTO HEAT ENERGY AND FAT 



FIG. 351. A graphic illustration of alfalfa's place as a ration balancer. 

 [Courtesy North Dakota Experiment -Station.] 



The chemical constituents in some of the feeding stuffs available to 

 the Kansas farmer are given here for comparison with alfalfa. 



Alfalfa has more protein than most of the concentrates except cotton- 

 seed meal. Some samples of alfalfa, notably that cut in the early stages, 

 have more protein than wheat bran and wheat shorts. Ordinary alfalfu 



TABLE No. 41. Percentage composition of some American feeding- stuffs.* 

 CONCENTRATES. 



