FEEDS AND FEEDING 341 



one feed is not advisable, as all animals want a little variety. 



Dry P*^ C. H. Nutritive 



Matter and Fat Ratio 



Standard for 1000-lb. cow 



giving 22 Ibs. milk 29. 2.5 14.1 1:5.6 



Nutrients in 35 Ibs. red 



clover hay 29.64 2.38 13.86 1:5.8 



Thirty-five pounds of clover hay give a little too much 

 dry matter and not quite enough of either class of nutrients. 

 The ratio is a little too wide. A ratio that is greater than 

 that given in the standard is said to be too wide; if too small 

 it is too narrow. Alfalfa hay has too narrow a ratio (1:3.8) 

 for dairy cows when fed alone. Corn with cobs (1:15.1) 

 is too wide for this purpose. The two can be combined in 

 such a way as to make a ration very close to the standard, 

 as shown below: 



Dry . . C. H. Nutritive 



Matter Protem and Fat Ratio 



21 Ibs. alfalfa hay 19.65 2.46 9.05 



10 Ibs. corn-and-cob meal 8.49 .44 6.55 



Total.. ..28.14 2.90 15.70 1:5.41 



Standard 29. 2.5 14.1 1:5.56 



It will be seen that if the dairyman feeds twenty-one 

 pounds of alfalfa hay and ten pounds of corn-and-cob meal 

 the ration is close to the standard; both columns of nutrients 

 are a little too high, but the dry matter is a little under the 

 standard. It should be remembered that these two feeds are 

 both easily produced on the farm and no money is then paid 

 out for feed. 



What Stock Like. It is necessary that a feeder select 

 or provide feeds that are liked by the stock. If certain 

 feeds are not palatable to the animals, the best results are 

 not secured. It is also necessary to avoid too much indi- 

 gestible matter. The coarser forms of roughage, such as corn 

 fodder, should be run through a cutter, and the hard grains 

 are liked better when they are ground. Animals which chew 

 their cud, called ruminating animals, as the cow and sheep, 

 like more roughage than hogs. All animals like a change 



