xvi Contents 



CHAPTER XXIII 



PAGES 



Feeding Animals for the Production of Meat .... 339-366 



The nature and extent of the growth in beef production . 340 



The food needs of the fattening steer . . 341 



The selection of a fattening ration 347 



Mutton production 349 



The nature and extent of the growth in fattening sheep . 350 



Food needs of fattening sheep 351 



The selection of a ration for sheep 355 



Pork production 357 



Character of the growth in pork production 358 



Food requirements for pork production 360 



Feeding the dam 360 



Feeding pigs for the market 361 



CHAPTER XXIV 



Feeding Working Animals 367-378 



The horse a machine 367 



The work performed by a horse 368 



The food requirements of a working horse 371 



Source of the ration for working horses 374 



CHAPTER XXV 



The Feeding of Poultry — By William P. Wheeler . . 379-399 



Kinds of foods 379 



Incidental effects of the food 382 



Digestive apparatus 383 



Constituents of the body 387 



Necessity for considering the water 389 



The organic and mineral nutrients in food 389 



The study of rations and deduction of standards .... 392 



Maintenance rations 393 



Rations for laying hens 393 



Rations for young birds 394 



