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Table II gives a list of the feeding stuffs in most 

 common use in New York state. Column one is 

 headed "dry matter"; column two, "digestible 

 protein"; column three, "digestible carbohydrates 

 + (fatX2%)"; column foiir, "total" (which is 

 the sum of two and three) ; column five, "nutri- 

 tive ratio." In each of these columns are given 

 the computations of the various food stuffs from 

 one pound up to the amount that is likely to be 

 used in compounding any ration. In the case 

 of the coarse fodders, to save space, the increase 

 is made by more than one pound at a time, but 

 intermediate amounts can readily be obtained 

 from the table if desired. In no case are the 

 calculations for ten pounds of a feeding stuff 

 given, as these can.be obtained at once from the 

 figures for one pound, by simply moving the 

 decimal point one place to the right. 



These computations are based upon the table 

 of "Average Digestible Nutrients in American 

 Feeding Stuffs" given in Professor W. A. Henry's 

 recent book, "Feeds and Feeding." The aim has 

 been to carry the computations involved in for- 

 mulating rations as near completion as possible, 

 and to present the figures in such simple form 

 that no feeder will have difficulty in compar- 

 ing the ration he is feeding with the standards, 

 and correcting it, if necessary, to conform 

 thereto. 



