CHAPTER XXI. 

 MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS. 



Prominent among the miscellaneous considerations are 

 the following: 



1. The weigh scale as an educator. 



2. Weight of animals at birth. 



3. Variation in weights of animals. 



4. Influences that affect palatability. 



5. Feeding subsequent to weaning. 



6. Feeding for quick conception. 



7. Salt and its uses. 



8. Silage a varying quantity. 



9. Feeding miscellaneous products. 

 These are discussed in the order given. 



The weigh scale an educator. When animals are be- 

 ing fed large quantities of food with a view to the produc- 

 tion of milk or meat, it is of prime importance to the 

 owner that they shall give an adequate return for the same. 

 The exact nature of this return cannot be known, without 

 frequent recourse to the weigh scale. Even the skilled 

 feeder may be deceived as to the nature of the gains, when 

 animals are being fed liberally, and more especially when 

 they are nearing the finishing period. The weigh scale, 

 therefore, aids in the economical feeding of live stock: 

 (i) In making the comparison of foods possible and prac- 

 ticable; (2) in indicating exactly the product resulting from 

 the food, and (3) because of the information thus given, it 

 tends to make the person who uses it a student of the 

 science of feeding. The benefit last named is by far the 

 greatest, because of the influence which it exerts on future 

 feeding and management. 



Without the weigh scale, the feeder cannot tell exactly 

 which of two or more rations that he may choose from will 



