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equivalent of a dairy cow in the form of dry stock and 

 sheep. That is to say, if two dairy cows require daily 

 food with a starch value of 24 lbs. and three store 

 cattle from i to 2 years old are equivalent to 2 dairy 

 cows (2 collop), then each of the latter will be liberally 

 fed on a daily ration having a starch value of 8 lbs. 



Of course, the proportion as well as the amount of 

 fodder and forage used to the stock will be varied in 

 the case of dairy cows, according to the milk being 

 yielded, a^d in the case of young stock according to 

 their age, the latter receiving a more liberal dietary at 

 the end than at the beginning of the winter. 



A VERY USEFUL FACTOR 



The method of estimating the food requirements of 

 the farm stock has been fully explained because in 

 practice it is extremely useful and very necessary to 

 make such calculations. Not only is it essential for 

 the farmer to feed properly balanced rations, but in 

 doing so, he needs to exercise care that throughout 

 the winter a sufficiency of the different types of food, 

 albuminous, dry fodder, and forage, will at all times be 

 available. 



Apart from continuous cropping, the writer has 

 found it extremely useful and very necessary to follow 

 the system of calculation indicated. 



Briefly stated, the system is to reduce all the food on 

 the farm to its starch value and then by dividing the 

 total starch value by 12 (the figure representing the 

 starch value of the average daily requirements of an 

 animal) estimate the number of stock which can be 

 carried through the winter. 



Farmers who neglect to make some such calculations 

 often find themselves, on the approach of spring, in 

 difficulties and frequently have to purchase food at a 

 high price, similar food to that which, in the previous 

 autumn, they foolishly sold at a low figure. 



