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COMPUTING THE RATION FOR FARM ANIMALS 



Table II — Continued 



1 Includes fat (sorghum bagasse). 



T.\BLE III. — Digestible Nutrients in 1 lb. of the More Common 

 Feeding-stuffs (Calculations by J. L. Stone) 



Kind and Amount of Feed 



Total 

 Dry 



Mat- 

 ter 



Pounds of Digestible 



Nutrients 



Protein 



Carbo- 

 hydrates 

 + (fat X 

 2.25) 



Total 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 Ratio 



Soiling fodder — 



Fodder corn 



Peas-and-oats 



Peas-and-barley 



(Practically the same as peas-and-oats) 



Red clover 



Alfalfa 



Hungarian-grass 



Corn silage 



Roots and tubers — 



Potatoes 



Beet, mangel 



Beet, sugar 



Carrot 



Flat turnip 



Hay and straw — 



Timothy 



Mixed grasses and clover .... 



Hungarian hay 



Red clover hay 



.20 

 .16 

 .16 



.29 

 .28 

 .29 

 .21 



.21 

 .09 

 .13 

 .11 

 .10 



.87 

 .87 

 .92 

 .85 



.010 

 .018 

 .017 



.029 

 .039 

 .020 

 .009 



.009 

 .011 

 .011 

 .008 

 .010 



.028 

 .062 

 .045 

 .068 



.125 

 .076 

 .077 



.164 

 .138 

 .169 

 .129 



.165 

 .056 

 .104 

 .082 

 .077 



.465 

 .460 

 .546 

 .396 



.135 

 .094 

 .094 



.193 

 .177 

 .189 

 .138 



.174 

 .067 

 .115 

 .090 

 .087 



.493 

 .522 

 .591 

 .464 



12.5 



4.2 



4.5 



5.6 

 3.5 

 8.4 

 14.3 



1: 18.3 

 1:5.1 

 1: 9.4 

 1 : 10.3 

 1:7.7 



16.6 



7.4 



12.1 



5.8 



