FEEDING STANDARDS FOR BEEF CATTLE 221 



up any deficiencies in the fodder crops and roots 

 forming the basal part of ration. 



The general scheme adopted is to give each bullock 

 a small quantity (say 2 Ibs.) of cake per day at the 

 beginning of the fattening period, and to increase 

 this amount in both quantity and quality as fattening 

 proceeds. At the same time the whole ration should 

 be slightly laxative, and the selection of concentrates 

 should be such as to bring about this desired result. 

 When fattening begins in earnest, I Ib. of concentrated 

 food may be allowed for every 100 Ibs. live weight 

 of animal being fed. 



Feeding Standards. The composition of the 

 concentrated food given to two-year-old bullocks 

 receiving up to f cwt. roots per head per day along 

 with fodder crops, should conform to the following 

 standards ; although with a more liberal allow- 

 ance of roots, the percentage of fibre in concen- 

 trates may be increased by one-half, provided the 

 concentrates approximate to the higher percentage in 

 albuminoids : 



(a) Early stages of Fattening. Albuminoids, 15 



to 20 per cent. ; oil, 4 to 6 per cent. ; fibre, 

 not exceeding 1 5 per cent. 



(b) Later stages of Fattening. Albuminoids, 20 to 



25 per cent.; oil, 6 to 8 per cent.; fibre, not 

 exceeding 10 per cent. 



Rations supplying a higher percentage of albuminoids 

 than above are apt to be expensive, and in some cases 

 disappointing in the results ; e.g., Dr Paterson (Glasgow 

 and West of Scotland Agricultural College) had one 

 lot of cattle fed with decorticated cotton cake alone, 



