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FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



Mixture No. 4. 



SCRATCHING RATION. 



Nutritive Ratio, 1:6.6. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. Find the cost per hundred of the different feeds used in the four 

 different mixtures : No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4, computed on the 

 basis of given cost in last column. 



2. Find the cost of these mixtures at the present cost of the foods 

 used in the four given rations. 



Feeding Sprouted Oats. 



The object of feeding sprouted oats in winter is to furnish 

 a fresh succulent, green feed. 



Sprouted oats is not fed for the value of its food constitu- 

 ents but because it is a tonic and has a stimulative effect on the 

 digestive organs. 



Methods of Sprouting. 



Clean, sound oats are soaked in water for 12 hourse ; they are 

 then placed in trays having a depth of several inches; the trays 

 are then placed in a closet for heating artificially if necessary. 

 The heat for sprouting should be at a temperature of at least 

 70 degrees. The oats will start to sprout at once. The oats in 

 the trays should be stirred two or three times a day until the 

 roots and sprouts are from a half to three-quarters of an inch 

 long when they are then left to become matted and form a mass 



