RATIONS FOR BEEF CATTLE 



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stituent were taken whether pounds, hundredweights, 

 or tons the composition of the mixture 1 would remain 

 the same. 



Early periods of Fattening. 



1. 2 Ibs. bean meal or gram. 



2 Ibs. dried grains (brewers'). 

 2 Ibs. crushed oats. 

 2 Ibs. sharps. 



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2. 2 Ibs. linseed cake. 



2 Ibs. Bombay cotton cake. 

 2 Ibs. bran (wheat). 

 2 Ibs. maize meal. 



1 Ib. decorticated cotton 

 cake. 



2 Ibs. Egyptian cotton cake. 

 2 Ibs. barley meal. 



2 Ibs. rice meal. 



i Ib. locust bean meal. 



Later stages of Fattening. 

 6. 3 Ibs. decorticated cotton 



cake. 

 5 Ibs. maize meal. 



7. 2 Ibs. linseed cake. 



1 Ibs. bean meal or gram. 



2 Ibs. wheat bran. 

 2 Ibs. rice meal. 



8. 2 



Ibs. decorticated cotton 



cake. 



Ib. linseed cake. 



Ib. bean meal or gram. 



Ib. maize meal. 



Ib. rice meal. 



Ib. bran. 



Ib. locust beans. 



4 Ibs. Egyptian cotton cake. 



3 Ibs. crushed oats. 



i Ib. locust beans (kibbled). 



2 Ibs. earth-nut cake. 



2 Ibs. Egyptian cotton 

 cake. 



3 Ibs. maize meal. 

 i Ib. locust beans. 



2 Ibs. Egyptian cotton cake. 



2 Ibs. dried grains. 



3 Ibs. sharps. 



i Ib. locust beans. 



10. 2 Ibs. soya-bean cake. 

 2 Ibs. dried grains. 

 2 Ibs. rice meal. 

 2 Ibs. ground oats. 



Condiments may be added in small quantity to any 

 ration that the stock do not eat with avidity. 



1 Farmers wishing to make up similar concentrated mixtures 

 should refer to the table of analyses on p. 188. 



