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multiplied by two and a half before adding to 

 the carbo-hydrates. 



The albuminoid ratios for the different 

 classes of stock have been determined by 

 scientists to be about i : 3*5 for very young 

 animals, i : 4*5 for animals fattening as they 

 grow, I : 6 for cows, cattle and horses, i : 8 for 

 growing sheep fifteen to twenty months old. 

 Milk is the natural food which meets the 

 albuminoid ratio requirements of young animals 

 most closely, and grass or hay comes nearest to 

 meeting the albuminoid ratio requirements of 

 older stock. 



If the food given to the animals contains 

 more albuminoids or carbo-hydrates than the 

 ratio requires, then the surplus will be wasted 

 and voided in the manure. Obviously then it 

 is bad economy to give to stock rations which 

 contain an excess of albuminoids over the 

 carbo-hydrates or an excess of carbo-hydrates 

 over the albuminoids, as regulated by the 

 albuminoid ratio. 



The question, therefore, the farmer has to 

 decide, with the use of the albuminoid ratio, is 

 how much purchased food, and of what kind, 

 must he buy to add to his roots and forage 



