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purposes as far as possible, and to use maize or corn to the 

 least extent possible. Oats can practically be substituted for 

 maize or barley, but the former contain rather more albu- 

 minoids and less carbohydrates. 



Barley or wheat meal may be considered as practically 

 equivalent in feeding value to maize meal. 



Bean and pea meal have a high feeding value, especially 

 for milch cows. It may practically be assumed that 2 Ib. of 

 either of these can be substituted for 3 Ib. of either Indian or 

 Egyptian cotton cake, although from their chemical composi- 

 tion, these are not quite exact equivalents. 



Oat straw varies even more in feeding value than meadow 

 hay and seeds hay, but on the average it may be considered 

 that 7J Ib. meadow hay are practically equal to 7| Ib. oat 

 straw + Ib. decorticated cotton cake and J Ib. Indian cotton 

 cake. 



A. DAILY RATIONS FOR FATTENING CATTLE. 



The following daily rations are calculated per l,0001b. 

 live- weight (practically 9 cwt.). If the live-weights of the 

 cattle are greater or less, the rations should be increased or 

 diminished in proportion, as feeding experiments have amply 

 shown that the amount of the daily rations should vary directly 

 with the live-weight of the animal. 



No. 1. WITH FULL RATION OF BOOTS. 

 66 Ib. swedes (or 88 Ib. yellow turnips). 4 Ib. maize meal. 



2 Ib. undec. cotton cake. 12 Ib. meadow hay. 



3 Ib. dec. cotton cake. 



No. 2. WITH HALF BATION OF BOOTS. 



33 Ib. swedes (or 44 Ib. yellow turnips). 3 Ib. dec. cotton cake. 

 2 Ib. maize meal 1 as substitute for 4 Ib. maize meal. 



4 Ib. oat straw / half roots. 12 Ib. meadow hay.' 

 2 Ib. undec. cotton cake. 



