COMPUTING RATIONS BY STARCH VALUES 



Feeding Stuffs with Much Fiber. Kellner recom- 

 mends that when coarse feeding stuffs and foods 

 containing much fiber are used the correction should 

 be made in accordance with the following schedule : 



1. When hay, straw or green food contains 16 

 per cent or more of crude fiber, reduce the uncor- 

 rected calculated starch value by 0.58 for each per 

 cent present. 



2. When chaff contains not more than 4 per cent 

 of crude fiber, reduce by 0.29. 



ALFALFA READY FOR CUTTING 



Our most profitable farm crop is alfalfa. Fed green, preserved in the 

 silo, ground into meal, or used as hay, it is adapted to all classes and is 

 good for all seasons. 



3. When green foods contain between 4 and 16 

 per cent reduce as follows : For 6 per cent of crude 

 fiber reduce by 0.34 for each per cent; for 8 per 

 cent, 0.38 ; for 10 per cent, 0.43 ; for 12 per cent, 0.48 ; 

 and for 14 per cent, 0.53 starch value. 



To illustrate the manner of making these reduc- 

 tions let us assume clover hay contains 5.4 per cent 



