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6. Determine the nutritive ratio in a feed of ten pounds of red clover 

 hay and ten pounds of oats. 



7. According to the table this would be a ration for a horse doing what 

 kind of work ? 



8. Determine a ration for a rnilch cow composed of red clover, oat straw, 

 wheat bran, and green fodder corn with a ratio of 1 :7. 



9. Calculate a suitable ration for fattening cattle in the first period 

 consisting of corn and two kinds of roughage. 



10. Calculate a suitable ration for fattening swine in the second period. 



1 1. Calculate a ration for growing cattle of eight hundred and fifty pounds 

 and aged eighteen to twenty-four months containing one concentrate and 

 two kinds of roughage. 



12. If it takes six tons of hay, one hundred bushels of oats, and twenty 

 dollars' worth of pasture to keep twenty sheep a year, what is the cost per 

 head when hay is worth six dollars per ton and oats are worth twenty-five 

 cents per bushel ? 



13. What feeds have a large percentage of protein? 



14. When corn is worth thirty cents per bushel and oats twenty-five 

 cents per bushel, what is the relative cost of the protein in each, and which 

 is the cheaper feed at the prices mentioned ? 



15. Determine the nutritive ratio of a ration composed of twelve 

 pounds of clover hay, six pounds of oats, and four pounds of cotton-seed 

 meal. Would you vary this proportion ? Why ? 



16. How many head of hogs are required for fifty head of fattening cattle 

 fed on snapped-ear corn ? On husked-ear corn ? On shelled corn ? 



17. When corn is worth thirty cents a bushel and fat cattle are worth 

 five cents per pound on the market, what can a farmer afford to pay for stock 

 cattle ? 



18. From the table calculate the relative amounts of fertilizing materials 

 in a ton of corn. 



19. Calculate the amount of fertilizer. in two tons of red clover hay and 

 the same amount of cowpea hay. 



20. Which contains the greatest amount of fertilizing elements, a ton of 

 corn or a ton of oats ? Explain. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name the objects of feeding. 



2. What is roughage ? What are concentrates ? 



3. Name the classes of foods or feeds. 



4. Discuss albuminoid feeds. 



5. Describe the fats and the carbohydrates. 



6. Discuss (a) cellulose, (&) starch, (c) sugars, (d) gums, (e) pentose. 



7. What is said of mineral matter? 



8. Discuss the value of food. 



9. Explain what is means by nutritive ratio. 



