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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



seed meal in any ration for the horse or mule. Hays 

 should not constitute more than 12 to 15 pounds of 

 the ration. Most horses are allowed too much hay. 



MULES A TYPE OF HARD-WORKING ANIMAL. 



The stomach of a horse or mule is small, and the prac- 

 tice of permitting a horse to eat all the hay he wishes 

 is entirely wrong. We should aim to feed 10 to 12 

 pounds of roughage, and supply the balance of the ra- 

 tion with concentrates. 



Feeds for Cattle. In feeding cattle we must con- 

 sider rations for milch cows and for fattening cattle. 



I.. Milch cows. Rations for cows giving milk 

 should predominate in protein substances. The ration 

 should be narrow. It should supply substances for 

 milk production, and for the general repair and energy 

 needed in the maintenance of the animal body. Some 

 of the feeding stuffs fed with success to dairy cows are 

 cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, dried brewers' grains, 

 malt sprouts, distillers' grains, gluten feed and gluten 

 meal. These feeds are highly nitrogenous. Corn 

 and wheat products are often fed. For roughage, cot- 

 ton-seed hulls, roots, silage and hays are good. Cat- 

 tle can take care of a larger amount of roughage than 



