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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



CnAP. I. 



Nl'TRITIVE EQUIVALENTS. (Piiaciical and Tueoketical.) 



ARTICLES OF FOOD. 



Kni-Ush hay 



Liict-rn 



Ki'd clover hay 



KimI clover (green) . . . 



Kyo-itriiw 



Oat-3lraw" 



Carrot-U-avM (tops). . . 



Swedish turnips 



Munpel-wurzel ..;.... 

 "Wliuo stliclan beet . .. 



Carrots 



I'otntoes 



Potaioc'3 kept ia pits.. 



Beans 



Peas 



Indian corn 



Iluck wheat 



IJarley 



Oaia 



Kvo 



AVheat- 



Oilcake (linseed) 



TUKOBETICAL VALl*i:S. 



BOVMIKOAULT. 



13 





Il.O 

 16.6 



lo.l 



76.0 



is.r 



21.0 

 70.9 

 91.0 



^5.6 

 87.6 

 75.9 

 76.3 

 7.9 

 8.6 

 18.0 

 12 5 

 13.2 

 12.4 

 11.5 

 10.5 

 13.4 



1.S4 

 1.6« 

 1.70 



.80 



.86 



8.94 



1.83 



1.4.? 

 2.40 

 1.60 

 1.13 

 5.50 

 4.20 

 2.00 

 2.40 



5.1 1 

 8.84 



1.64 

 2.10 

 2.11-2 i 1.76 

 2.23 I 1.93 

 2.27 1 2.00 

 2.33 2.09 

 6.00 I 5.20 



1.1.. ;100 



1.8S I 83 



1.54 I 75 



.64 \sn 



.84 479 



.80 1833 



.S.-> , 1.W 



.17 1676 



.IS '669 



.80 |S<2 



.86 819 



.80 I8S3 



ihb 



1 to 6.0S 



1 to 24.40 

 1 to 12.50 



Ito 7.20 



1 to 7.54 

 1 to 9.110 



I to 

 llo 

 Ito 

 Ito 

 1 to 

 1 to 

 1 to 

 1 to 



2.8 



2.14 



6.55 



6.05 



4.25 



4.i'8 



4.42 



2.42 



100 

 77.9 



527 7-18 

 445 6-13 



891) 



542.1 

 88.) 5-12 



84 5-18 

 81i 



6S 11-12 

 5S 1-16 

 3S 5-6 



Prectlcl ToJuei, ■■ obl.lnp'l hj .X|«rtmrutl 1. 

 feeding, .ccordlQC to 



891 

 S.S 

 27 

 42 



ino 



90 

 90 



500 

 200 



100 



8O0 

 400 



S.'SO 

 200 



54 

 64 



62 

 64 

 61 



71 

 .55 



52 

 108 



100 



90 



90 



l-'iO 



150 ; 666 



100 

 lOfl 

 100 

 425 

 850 



180 19U I 200 



250 



225 

 150 



53 



SOO 950 

 460 250 



250 

 200 



40 

 40 



ino 



101 

 100 



400 



20.1 



27il 

 200 



100 



267 

 2 



8G6| 



80 

 200 



Oats in the bundle, ■well cut up, straw and all, make excellent, cheap feed 

 for horses oa' other stock; iu many cases it is much better than threshing 

 them. For heavy teams hard at work, a little sound corn-meal mixed wet 

 with them, makes a feed that can not well be beaten. It is a highly econ- 

 omical and satisfactory way of feeding, both to man and beast, where oats. 

 sell at a low price by the bushel. 



102. A Treatise ou Feeding. — A valuable treatise on feeding, which might 

 be studied with profit by all farmers, has been made by Mr. Ilorsefall, an 

 English farmer, and published in the journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, which may be found complete as an appendix to Flint's " Dairy 

 Farminjr." 



103. Soiling Cattle. — Soiling is a term applied to the practice of confining 

 animals to the stable, and growing a green crop, such as sowed corn, sorgo, 

 wheat, rye, or oats, clover, etc., which is cut up as needed, and carried to the 

 animals, instead of allowing them to have the range of the pastures. Mr. 

 Philo Gregory, of Chester, Orange Co., N. Y., sowed a patch of half an 

 acre, with corn for fodder, making the rows thirty inches apart. "With the 

 product he kept twinty-five cows for six loecJcs without other food. 



The most extensive and successful system of soiling is pursued by lion. 

 Josiah Quincy, Jr., of Boston, who has published a small volume giving 

 details of his practice. One of the great advantages of soiling is the saving 

 of manure, the quantity being largely increased over that made by an equal 

 number of cattle at pasture, or fed in the ordinary way. We recommend 

 any one disposed to attempt the soiling system to read Mr. Quincy's book. 



104. Diseases of Cattle. — We shall not attempt to give a treatise upon the 



