FOOD OF ANIMALS. 



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NOTE. In the use of the above table much of course 

 will depend 'upon the quality of the sample, the age and 

 constitution of the animal, and the form in which the food 

 is administered. Much also depends upon a change of food, 

 and a due admixture of the different kinds. 



TABLE, showing the comparative difference between good hay 

 and the articles mentioned lelow, as food for stock being 

 the mean of experiment and theory. 



100 Ibs. of hay are equal to 

 275 Ibs. green Indian corn. 



442 

 360 

 164 

 180 

 153 

 200 

 201 

 175 

 339 

 504 

 300 



rye straw, 

 wheat " 

 oats " 

 barley ' : 

 pea " 

 buckwheat straw, 

 raw potatoes, 

 boiled " 

 mangold wurtzeL 

 turnips, 

 carrots. 



100 Ibs. of hay are equal to 

 54 Ibs. rye. 

 46 wheat. 

 59 oats. 



45 



64 



57 



68 



105 



109 



167 



179 



peas and beans mixed. 



buckwheat. 



Indian corn, 



acorns. 



wheat bran. 



rye 



wheat, pea, and oat chaff. 



rye and barley, mixed. 



NOTE. It must be borne in mind that the nutritive effects 

 of food upon the animal are varied by numberless causes, 

 such as the animal's power of digestion and appropriation, 

 its condition, shelter, air, water, exercise, &c. But all else 

 being equal, the nutritive qualities of the articles mentioned 

 are in the above proportions. 



The results of numerous experiments, reported by indivi- 

 duals and Agricultural Associations, show, that each 100 

 Ibs. of live weight of the animal requires of hay or its 

 equivalent, per day, as follows : 



Working horses ... 3.08 Ibs. 



oxen 2.40 " 



