ANALYSES OF FEEDING STUFFS. 



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feeds can be fed with economy per head daily. Some 

 few cows can give proper returns for more than this 

 quantity of grain even when this is high, but more cows 

 will not do so. The farmer should aim to grow protein 

 foods like clover, alfalfa, peas, etc., to as large extent as 

 practicable, and thus reduce his feed bills. 



The table on preceding page gives actual chemical an- 

 alyses of the products mentioned and includes the entire 

 100 per cent of the contents and weight. The following table, 

 compiled by the Editors of Hoard's Dairyman, Fort Atkin- 

 son, Wis., shows the average amount of digestible nutri- 

 ents in the more common American fodders, grains and 

 by-products, and is the table that should be used in formu- 

 lating rations. The tables give the amounts of digestible 

 nutrients contained in 100 Ibs. in pounds, and the figures 

 can, therefore, be taken as per cents in figuring out the 

 amount of digestible nutrients in any given amount of 

 food material, and it is by such methods that the tables 

 given on pages 211 to 215 are obtained. 



Compiled by the editors of Hoard's Dairyman, Fort Atkin- 

 son, Wis. 



ANALYSES OF FEEDING STUFFS. 



TABLE SHOWING AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN THE 

 MORE COMMON AMERICAN DODDERS, GRAINS AND BY-PRODUCTS. 



(Compiled by the Editors of Hoard's Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wis.) 



