FEEDING OF CONTINUOUS CROPS 



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FEEDING STANDARDS 



In addition to ascertaining the starch values or 

 equivalents of foods, Kellner, a famous German 

 agricultural chemist, conducted a large number of 

 epoch-making experiments, and drew up tables show- 

 ing the amount of digestible protein required per day, 

 as well as the starch equivalent of the daily ration 

 necessary for the economical feeding of farm animals. 

 These tables may be studied in any modern text-book, 

 as well as in the admirable translation made by Dr. 

 Goodwin of Kellner 's work.* 



It may be here stated that whilst the writer has 

 found Kellner's feeding standard very useful in his 

 practical work, he is of the opinion that the amounts of 

 digestible proteins recommended by Kellner seem in 

 several instances to be too low for the requirements of 

 animals in this country. 



For instance, for an ii-cwt. cow giving 2 galls, of 

 milk per day, Kellner recommends a ration containing 

 2 lbs. of digestible albuminoids per day, and having a 



* Published by Duckworth and Co, 



