PRINCIPLES THAT GOVERN FEEDING 



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TABLE III Continued 



Non-nitrogenous 

 substance 



o 

 EH 



Ibs 

 32.5 



28.0 

 20.25 



22.8 

 19.2 

 17.5 

 16.0 

 14.4 



20.8 



17.82 



14.7 



13.6 



12.6 



37.5 



30.0 



27.95 



23.8 



18.75 



I 



1: 5.5 

 1: 6 

 1: 6.5 



1: 4.7 

 1: 5 

 1: 6 

 1: 7 

 1: 8 



1: 5.5 

 1: 5.6 

 1: 6 

 1: 7 

 1: 8 



1:4 

 1: 5 

 1: 5.5 

 1: 6 

 1: 6.5 



Note The weights given above represent German pounds, each of 

 which is equal to 1 1-10 pounds avoirdupois. Practically this fact is of 

 but little importance since the weights of the animals and of the foods 

 given are relative. 



A careful study of the table of feeding standards will 

 abundantly repay the labor thus expended. The truths 

 which it teaches with reference to practical feeding 1 are 

 many and far-reaching. Prominent among them are the 

 following : 



i. That for the maintenance of animals at rest, the nu- 

 tritive ratios are the widest. For any kind of production, 

 animals need more food and of a more nitrogenous charac- 

 ter. The additional quantity of food required is principally 



