DYNAMICS 



i6 3 



of non- 



contain 2 Ibs. of digestible protein and 16-25 ^ 

 nitrogenous nutrients reckoned as starch. 



The following rations are quoted 1 as having been used in 

 practice for "large farm horses at work in winter." Ration II. 

 is described as the " approximate average of six farmers in 

 different parts of England." The amounts of protein and of 

 thermic and dynamic energy in each are calculated from the 

 figures given in the tables. 



RATION I. 



RATION II. 



RATION III. 



1 McConnel's " Agricultural Notebook." 



2 The dynamic energy of the coarse fodders is included with the 

 thermic, but in the finer foods the two are stated separately. 



