WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ADEQUATE RATION 



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matter in 100 pounds of roots. Now roots are- good feeds, but they 

 are very bulky because of their high water content. A pound of 

 potatoes ordinarily will go much further than a pound of mangels, 

 because in every 100 pounds there is present 21 pounds of dry mat- 

 ter or over two times as much as the 9 pounds in the same weight 

 of mangels. 



SWINE FEEDS COMPOSITION 



To Be Used as a General Guide 



Most feeds vary enough so that figuring them to the 2nd decimal 

 point is not a reasonable procedure. (All figures given in round 

 numbers of pounds to the hundred.) 



Basal Feeds 



