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TABLE X (Continued] 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the functions of feed when digested and absorbed by 

 an animal ? 



2. Of what use is the water in a feed ? 



3. Why is it not economy to supply an excess of protein in feed? 



4. What is meant by the term balanced ration ? 



5. Define maintenance ration, productive ration, nutritive ratio. 



6. What is the nutritive ratio of a ration that contains 2.8 pounds 

 of digestible protein, 14 pounds of digestible carbohydrates, and .6 

 pound of fat ? 



7. Find the nutritive ratio of the following feeds according to the 

 analyses of the digestible nutrients given in Table X : corn, wheat, 

 oats, wheat bran, cottonseed meal, alfalfa hay, timothy hay, wheat 

 straw, pasture grass, mangels. 



8. Make a list of feeds rich in protein and one of feeds low in 

 protein. 



