NUTRITIVE EQUIVALENTS. 



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nutrition to good meadow or English hay. The follow- 

 ing brief table of nutritive equivalents will be conve- 

 nient for reference : 



1 Meadow hay, . 



2 Red Clover-hay. 



3. Rye-straw, . . 



4. Oat-straw, . . 



5. Wheat-straw, . 



6. Barley-straw, . 



7. Pea -straw, . 



The following is the composition of these several 

 substances, in which their relative value will 

 distinctly appear : 



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From these tables it will be seen that, taking good 

 English or meadow hay as the standard of comparison, 

 and calling that one, 4.79 times the weight of rye-straw, 

 or 3.83 times the weight of oat-straw, contains the same 

 amount of nutritive matter; that is, it would take 4.79 

 times as much rye-straw to produce the same result 

 as good meadow hay. 



The more elaborate nutritive equivalents of Boussin- 

 gault will be found to be very valuable and suggestive, 

 and the following table is given in this connection for 

 the sake of convenient reference. 

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