ANIMALS. 



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Perc('nt<i(je of Dltjrstible Substances and Value of 100 Pounds of the Food. 



Kinds of Food. 



Average hay .... 



Clover hay 



Thnothy hay .... 



Oat straw 



AVheat straw .... 



Rice straw 



Corn fodder 



Fodder corn (green) . . 

 Ensilage (Western corn) 

 Cow-pea vines (dried) . 



Indian corn 



Oats 



Barley 



Wheat 



Kice 



Buckwheat 



Peas 



Sorghum (grain) . . . 



Wheat bran 



Wheat middlings . . . 

 Cotton-seed meal . . . 

 Linseed meal (old process) 



Gluten meal 



Brewers' grains (dried) . 



Apples 



Pumpkins 



Potatoes 



Turnips 



Milk 



Skimmed milk .... 



Buttermilk 



Whey 



Albuminoids 



or 



Protein. 



5.40 

 7.82 

 4.G7 

 I.U 

 0.85 

 1.92 

 3.00 

 1.19 

 1.10 

 9.5G 



8.16 



8.46 



9.64 



9.32 



5.92 



7.70 



20.20 



6.81 



11.72 



11.60 



35 75 



25.85 



23.30 



14.52 



0.3 

 0.4 

 2.1 

 1.1 



3.0 

 1.0 



Fat. 



1.00 

 1.49 

 1.03 

 0.66 

 0.54 

 0.52 

 0.93 

 0.31 

 0.53 

 1.34 



4.36 

 3 94 

 1.86 

 1.79 

 0.42 

 1.84 

 1.70 

 2.99 

 2.58 

 2.68 

 n.65 

 7.08 

 3.85 

 4.77 



0.1 



0.2 

 0.1 



3.6 

 0.7 

 1.0 

 0.0 



Carbo- 



Irates, 



eluding fiber 



u 1 ,. • I Value of 

 hydrates, ,n- 100 p^^^j^ 



41.00 



40.25 

 41.25 

 42.<!2 

 37.70 

 40.40 

 40.00 

 10.87 

 10.99 

 37.02 



65 64 

 46 11 

 60.77 

 66.52 

 70.71 

 49.21 

 54.40 

 53.06 

 44.06 

 48.87 

 22.25 

 26.52 

 50.92 

 07.41 



12.9 

 7.1 



21.8 

 6.1 



5.0 

 5.0 

 5.4 

 5.1 



$0.64 

 0.77 

 0.62 

 0.47 

 0.39 

 0.46 

 0.53 

 0.16 

 0.17 

 0.80 



1.13 

 0.95 

 1.04 

 1.05 

 0.91 

 0.86 

 1.44 

 0.90 

 1.02 

 1.06 

 2.25 

 1 66 

 1.63 

 1.20 



0.13 

 0.08 

 0..30 

 0.11 



0.34 

 0.23 

 0.22 

 0.11 



Economy in Feeding. — There are two general precepts 

 to be observed in connection with tlie economical feedinsr 

 of stock : — 



1. Feed animals as much as they can digest without 

 injuring their health. 



The profits of feeding stock come either from the 



