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In each case above given the method of adjusting the ration is 

 simply to decide upon some quantity of hay, say lo lbs. Now 

 from Table B it will be seen that loo lbs. of mixed hay contain 

 3.7 lbs. of albuminoids, and 47.6 lbs. of non-albuminoids, and 10 

 lbs. would contain 0.37 lb., and 4.76 lbs. as given in ration. The 

 same method holds for other constituents of the ration. The 

 object desired is to get together a combination from the table 

 which shall give a total of digestible albuminoids and non-albumi- 

 noids equal to that shown by the feeding standard. There are a 

 few things which must be kept in mind in preparing rations : ist, 

 there must be bulky fodder, hay, ensilage, or coarse fodders ; the 

 rules above given will insure this. 2d, the other constituents 

 must be palatable, and the market price must be taken into con- 

 sideration as well. It follows then that one of the most important 

 things for the farmer to consider is the kind of grain to buy, for 

 much of the grain that will be fed must be bought. 



An important point in figuring a ration is to keep the propor- 

 tion between albuminoids and non-albuminoids close to the stand- 

 ard of I to 5 J, though in this country of cheap corn we may with 

 profit make this i to 6, or even i to 6|^; but at once the trouble 

 is seen, if we try to use corn meal in too large quantities, because 

 it is deficient in albuminoids, just as hay and ensilage and corn fod- 

 der are ; but cotton-seed meal, gluten, middlings, and shorts are all 

 rich in albuminoids, and here is where we must look for some- 

 thing with which to make up the deficiencies of our common fod- 

 der. Consequently it will prove more profitable to supplement 

 our home-raised fodders with these highly nitrogenous foods. If 

 for each hundred of corn meal bought farmers would buy one 

 hundred weight of either cotton seed or gluten, and one hundred 

 of middlings or shorts, there would be a great gain in results. 



In conclusion, let me ask every reader of this Bulletin to try 

 just for one week a ration like those given, or, what would be bet- 

 ter still, figure out one for himself, and see if it pays. Do n't say 

 that rations based on the P'eeding Standards are worthless unless 

 you have tried them and found them failures. 



Do n't say they are not worth trying ; it won't cost you any- 

 thing to prove for yourself whether or not they are as good or bet- 

 ter than the ration you are now feeding. 



