238 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



A ration containing silage as a succulent food would 

 be:— 



Ration No. 8. 



Ik st. meadow hay . . "\ containing 3 lbs. of 



\ st. vetch and cereal hay I digestible albuminoids, with 

 3 st. vetch and cereal silage | 15-4 lbs. of starch equivalent. 

 3 lbs. ground rye . . J 



SPRING RATIONS 



In the month of April the green food would usually 

 be in the form of green rye. A suitable daily ration 

 at this period would be : — 



6 st. green rye . . ~\ containing 2-98 lbs. digest- 



1 st. vetch and cereal hay L ible protein, with 14*96 



2 lbs. bean meal . . Starch equivalent. 



VALUE OF GREEN FOOD 



The bean meal and vetch and cereal hay, being 

 astringent, would counteract the laxative tendency of 

 the green rye. The writer considers the above ration 

 one of the best he has used. Whether there is some- 

 thing in green feeding we do not yet properly under- 

 stand or not, there is no doubt that such a feeding has 

 a value far above that indicated by its chemical com-" 

 position. The same remark applies to such green 

 feeding as kale, rape, etc., fed in winter, and green 

 soiling crops, e.g., vetches and rye grass in summer. 



If the supply of vetch and cereal hay or dry fodder 

 has become exhausted by springtime, as often does 



