AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



FOOD VALUES 



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The nutritive ratio of a food or ration 

 presses the proportion of digestible protein com- 

 pounds to the digestible carbohydrates and fats. 

 The average composition of all common feeding 

 stuffs has been obtained by careful and extended 

 chemical analyses. Nutritive ratios vary in differ- 

 ent sections of the country and with different vari- 

 eties and brands of the same food stuff, but those 

 given below are as accurate as any that could be 

 given for general use : 



GRAIN FEEDS 



VEGETABLES, ETC. 



Green Grass 1 17 



Green Clover or Alfalfa .1:5 

 Dried Clover or Alfalfa. 1:3 

 Mangel Wurzels 1:5 



Turnips 1 :8 



Potatoes l:i 2 



Red Beets. 1:5 



Lettuce and Cabbages. . 1 12 



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