RATIONS FOR DOGS 



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Digestible albumen Starch value 



Maintenance feed for 1,000 pounds 



live weight per day 1 to 1.2 lbs. 8.3 to 9.0 lbs. 



Or for 100 pounds live weight per day 0.1 to 0.12 lbs. 0.83 to 0.9 lbs. 



Production ration per 1,000 pounds 



live weight per day, milk yield.... 20 lbs. 2.0 to 2.2 lbs. 12.0 to 14.0 lbs. 



100 . .." 2 lbs. 0.2 to 0.22 lbs. 1.2 to 1.4 lbs. 



1000 ■■*■ 40 lbs. 3.2 to 3.6 lbs. 16.4 to 19.0 lbs. 



'lOO "*■".'. 4 lbs. 0.32 to 0.36 lbs. 1.64 to 1.9 lbs. 



1000 60 lbs. 4.4 to 4.8 lbs. 20.6 to 24.0 lbs. 



'lOO 6 lbs. 0.44 to 0.48 lbs. 2.06 to 2.4 lbs. 



A few rations for goats follow. 



Rations for One Goat (Milk Yield, 3 to 4 Pounds) 



1. 



Morning : Good hay 1.5 lbs. 



Noon: Leaf hay 1.0 lb. 



Turnip cabbage 3.0 lbs. 



Evening: Chaffed green forage. 3.0 lbs. 



Good clover hay 1.0 lb. 



In addition : Common beets or 



potato peelings 0.5 lb. 



Malt sprouts and wheat bran, 



of each 0.25 lb. 



With a milk yield of 4 pounds, 0.6 to 

 1.2 pounds of oats should be added to 

 the above ration. Young growing ani- 

 mals should also have additional oats. 



2. 



Morning and evening : Hay, root crops, 



oats or bran. 

 Noon : Kitchen or farm refuse. 



Hay 2 to 3 lbs. 



Root crops 2 lbs. 



Oats or bran 1 to 1.5 lbs. 



Milking goats should have, in addi- 

 tion, mornings and evenings, 1 lb. 

 coarsely ground grain, noon 1 quart 

 oats and potatoes or beets, the amounts 

 to be varied slightly according to milk 

 yield. 



Summer ration for 100-pound goat, per day; milk yield 3 quarts. 



Medium quality meadow hay 3 lbs. 



Coarse wheat bran 3 lbs. 



Meadow grass 2.5 lbs. 



Winter ration for 100-pound goat, per day; milk yield 3 quarts. 



Common beets (average) 6.0 lbs. 



Meadow hay II 2.0 lbs. 



Coarse wheat bran 3.0 lbs. 



Peanut meal 0.4 lbs. 



Ration for 100-pound goat, per day; milk yield 1 quart. 



Hay II 3 lbs. 



Potatoes (average) 2 lbs. 



Coarse wheat bran 1 lb. 



Ration for 30 goats per day; total milk yield 30 quarts. 



Wheat feed meal 30 lbs. 



Good hay 20 lbs. 



Good clover hay 18 lbs. 



Oat straw 40 lbs. 



Potatoes (average) SO lbs. 



VI. Rations for Dogs 



Although the dog is a carnivorous animal, he will thrive better on the 

 more economical mixed rations than on meat alone. The ordinary family 

 dog is usually nourished with the wastes of the table and kitchen. In 

 this connection it should be noted that salt is to be avoided and that 

 strong spices like pepper, paprika, ginger, etc., are harmful. It is well 

 also to avoid the feeding of the brittle and splintery bones of poultry.. 

 game and mutton. 



