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Take, for example, the following daily ration : 



(a) Calculation of Percentage of Albuminoids in 



Concentrated Food 



Maize meal . . 4 Ibs. x io| per cent. = 42 



Bruised oats . . 5 x n =55 



Bran . . 3 x 14 =42 



Bean meal . . 2 x 25 = 50 



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.'. Percentage of albuminoids = ? = 13^ per cent. 



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(b) Calculation of Percentage of Oil in Concentrated Food 



Maize . . .4 Ibs. x 5 per cent. = 20 



Oats . . 5 x 5 =25 



Bran . . 3 x 4 =12 



Beans . . . 2 x i^ =3 



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.'. Percentage of oil = = 4^ per cent. 



(c) Calculation of Percentage of Fibre in Concentrated Food 



Maize . . .4 Ibs. x 2 per cent. = 8 



Oats . . . 5 x 10 ,, =50 



Bran . . . 3 x 9 =27 



Beans . . . 2 ,, x 7 =14 



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.*. Percentage of fibre = = 7 per cent. 

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