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immediately after the colostrum period. In 3 months the caff 

 learns to live on grass chiefly, getting a little bhusa and oil- 

 cake in the form of sani in the evening, say 2 seers a day, up 

 to an age of 6 months, after which if there is good pasture 

 no special feeding is required. 



991. Working bullocks should get as sani, straw and 

 bhusa (i a maund to 30 srs. per day, according to size) 

 and J a seer to i seer of oil-cake or ij to 2 seers 

 of cotton seed per day ; but if there is plenty of herbage, 

 5 to 10 srs. of straw and I seer of oil-cake or cotton seed 

 are sufficient. 



992. Sudden changes of food are injurious for all classes 

 of animals. Boiled food, linseed and carrots are recommend- 

 ed for debilitated animals. 



993. Relative value of food-stuffs. One hundred pounds 

 of good hay (8th) are equal to 



(rst.) 28 Ibs. of beans. 

 (2nd.) 37 Ibs. of peas. 

 (3rd.) 43 Ibs. of linseed cake. 

 (4th.) 44^ Ibs. of wheat. 

 (5 1 M 59 Ibs. of oats. 

 (6th.) 62 Ibs of maize, 

 (yth.) 90 Ibs. of lucerne. 

 (9th.) 317 Ibs. of oat-straw, 

 (loth.) 350 Ibs. of potatoes, 

 (nth.) 360 Ibs. of guinea grass. 

 (i2th.) 370 Ibs. of carrots. 

 (i3th.) 370 Ibs. of mangold. 

 (i4th.) 469 Ibs. of turnips. 

 (i5th.) 670 Ibs. of beet. 



994. Preparation. Crushing of gram, oats &c. ; boiling 

 in the case of Urd and Kulthi; parching of barley and wheat, 

 and grinding of maize, bean &c., are the preparations neces- 

 sary. Bran should form part of the food of all animals, but 

 used in large quantities, it has a tendency to produce calculi, 



