FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



place in the ration by withdrawing three pounds of 

 the clover hay. We will increase the cottonseed 

 meal to four pounds and add 2^ pounds of gluten 

 feed. This done we have the following: 



This ration agrees closely with the standard and 

 is assumed to satisfy all the requirements for a cow 

 yielding 27.5 pounds of milk daily and weighing 

 1,000 pounds. 



Using the Standard in Practical Work. Too 

 many people take feeding standards and balanced 

 rations far too seriously. They fail to understand 

 that it is in the spirit and not in their literal use 

 that these feeding aids are to be adopted. The bal- 

 anced ration at best can be made to approach only 

 approximately the food requirements for any ani- 

 mal or set of animals. This has been pointed out 

 before. The composition of a feeding stuff is always 

 open to considerable variation, and what adds still 

 to the uncertainty is the fact that foods are not 

 digested with equal facility or completeness by dif- 



