Feeding Standards 



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3. FEEDING STANDARDS 



The feeding staudards for the various classes of 

 farm animals are taken from Mentzel & Leugerke's 

 Landw. Kalender for 1899. They are intended to apply 

 to animals of average size fed under normal conditions. 

 They are not to be regarded as feeding recipes, but are 

 to be varied according to circumstances. Small animals 

 should receive proportionately more food than large 

 ones ; milch cows in proportion to the quantity and 

 richness of the milk ; growing and fattening animals 

 according to the rapidity of increase desired ; work 



