1192 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



Third. The animal must be spared all unnecessary exertion 

 and excitement. Every movement, every excitement, consumes 

 food which brings no profit. 



Fourth. The food must contain a sufficient proportion of al- 

 buminoids for the purpose intended. If these are deficient, the 

 other constituents of the food will be wasted. What is the cor- 

 rect proportion for different purposes has been already given. 



Fifth. The animal must have all the food it can eat and di- 

 gest, in order to secure the largest amount of food of profit 

 above the food of support. 



Sixth. The food must be sufficiently concentrated to enable 

 the animal to consume the required amount. 



Seventh. The feeding must be done at that period in the age 

 of the animal when it is capable of giving the largest returns, 

 namely in youth. 



To these might be added that the food must be easy of di- 

 gestion, calculated to promote the animal's health, and agreeable 

 in flavor, so as to provoke its appetite. 



