214 FOOD OF ATJTMAT.fi. 



Fatting oxen 5.00 Ibs. 



" " when fat 4.00 



Milch cows from 2.25 to 2.40 



Dry " 2.42 



Young growing cattle 3.08 



Steers 2.84 



Pigs 3.00 



Sheep 3.00 



Elephant* 3.12 



In the ox, the daily loss of muscle or tissue requires that 

 he should consume 20 to 24 ounces of gluten or albumen, 

 which will be supplied by any of the following weights of 

 vegetable food : 



Meadow hay 20 Ibs. 



Clover hay 16 " 



Oat straw 110 " 



Pea straw 12 " 



Potatoes 60 " 



Carrots.. 70 " 



Turnips 120 Ibs. 



Cabbage 70 " 



Wheat or other white grain. 11 " 



Beans or peas ft " 



Oilcake.. 4 " 



Or instead of any one of these, a mixture of several may 

 be given with the best results. But if the due proportion 

 of nitrogenous food be not given, the ox will lose his mus- 

 cular strength and will generally fail. So with growing and 

 fattening stock of every description ; the proportion of each 

 of the kinds of food required by the animal must, in prac- 

 tice, be adjusted to the purpose for which it is fed. 



It is not strictly correct that this or that kind of vegetable 

 is more fitted to sustain animal life simply because of the 

 large proportion of nitrogen or gluten it contains ; it is 

 wisely provided, however, that, along with this nitrogen, all 



* Mr. Barnum's elephant, weighing 4700 Ibs., was found to consume 100 

 Ibs. of hay and 1 bushel of oats per day. 



