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CHAPTER XVI 

 FEEDING FARM HORSES 156 



Food requirements for horses A fundamental principle 

 in horse feeding Nature of food Character of food 

 Requirements for work Giving water Order of hay, 

 grain and water Regularity in feeding and watering- 

 Roughage feeds for horses Grain feeds for horses 

 Selecting the ration Feeding the stallion Fattening 

 horses for market Feeding mules. 



CHAPTER XVII 

 FEEDING DAIRY CATTLE 172 



Food requirements of dairy cattle The milk-yielding 

 function How often to milk What age of cow is best 

 What influences the quality of milk Pastures are 

 ideal basic rations Feeding grain on pasture When 

 pastures are short and parched Letting feeding stand- 

 ards serve as guides Producing milk economically 

 Protein requirements Feeding dairy cows in winter 

 Nature of the food Foods that all may grow Avail- 

 able green feeds Grain and quality of butter Feed- 

 ing young dairy stock During the first winter Satis- 

 factory grain mixtures During the second winter 

 Stable management Salt and water The tuberculin 

 test The herd bull The order of supplying the food 

 Some sample rations For dairy calves, dry cows in 

 summer, dry cows in winter, for cows yielding 16 to 25 

 pounds of milk daily, for cows yielding from 25 to 40 

 pounds of milk daily. 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 198 



Food requirements for beef Wild cattle seldom fat 

 Good and bad beef stock Character of a good steer 

 Two classes of beef animals Nature of the ration 

 From calf to steer Feeding calves intended for beef 

 The skim-milk calf Calves on whole milk Making 

 veal Feeding during the first winter Finishing beeves 

 under 18 months Baby beeves finished on grass 

 Beeves finished at two years of age Objections against 

 baby beef Summer feeding on grass Fall feeding on 

 grass Feeding full-grown cattle Older steers are still 

 marketed Fatten the heifers early Prominent feeding 



