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amount of dry matter and digestible matter consumed daily 

 and the average daily cost of the rations. 



The following table shows the pounds of digestible nutri- 

 ents in Ration IV., as compared with Wolff's standard for 

 horses of one thousand pounds live weight, doing average 

 work and hard work : — 



Table II. 



Digestible 



Protein 



(Pounds). 



Digestible I Digestible 

 P . I Carbo- 



(Pounds). I (Pounds) . 



Total 

 Digestible 



Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Nutritive 

 Ratio. 



Ration TV., 



Wolff's standard, average 

 work, 



Wolff's standard, very hard 

 work, 



1.58 



1.55 

 2.12 



0.43 11,25 13.26 



0.55 



0.83 



10.85 



12.63 



12.95 



15.58 



1:7.81 



1:7.80 



1:7.00 



