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and fat are somewhat too great, while the nutri- 

 tive ratio is far too wide. 



This result might readily have been foreseen 

 had we paused a moment to note the nutritive 

 ratio of each of the three foods entering into the 

 ration. They are, timothy hay, 1:16.6; oats, 

 1:6.2; corn, 1:9.7. Neither of them is as narrow 

 as the standard, and it is impossible to combine 

 them into a ration that is approximately balanced. 

 As corn is a purchased product, the natural sug- 

 gestion is that the corn should be replaced by 

 some food having a high proportion of protein, 

 or, in other words, a very narrow nutritive ratio. 

 Consulting the table, it is found that among such 

 are linseed meal, cottonseed meal, gluten feed, 

 malt sprouts, buckwheat middlings, etc. As 

 buckwheat middlings is a New York state prod- 

 uct and can readily be put in stock during the 

 winter, it is suggested to substitute it for the corn 

 in the ration. Again taking the figures from the 

 table, we have: 



While this ration is much improved over the 

 previous one and will produce a much freer flow 



