Appendix. 



691 



Narrowing the nutritive ratio in feeding full-grown animals is 

 for the purpose of lessening the depression of digestibility, to en- 

 liven the temperament, or to increase the production of milk at the 

 expense of laying on fat. 



The different standards given for the same class of animals accord- 

 ing to performance illustrate the manner and direction in which de- 

 sirable changes should be made. 



Per day per 1,000 lbs. live weight 



Dry 



matter 



Digestible nutrients 



Crude 

 pro- 

 tein 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates^ 



Sum of 

 Fat nutr 

 enti 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 ratio,l: 



1. Oxen 



At rest in stall— 

 At light work ___ 

 At medium work 

 At heavy work___ 



2. Fattening cattle 



First period 



Second period — 

 Third period 



Milch coivs 



When yielding daily- 

 11.0 pounds of milk _. 

 16.6 pounds of milk _. 

 22.0 pounds of milk _. 

 27.5 pounds of milk — 



Sheep 



Coarse wool 



Fine wool 



Breeding eives 

 With lambs 



6. Fattening sheep 



First period _. 

 Second period 



7. Horses 



Light work __. 

 Medium work 

 Heavy work _. 



Brood 



Fattening swine 

 First period __ 

 Second period 

 Third period _ 



Lbs. 

 18 

 22 

 25 

 28 



25 



30 



Lbs. 

 0.7 

 1.4 

 2.0 

 2.8 



2.5 

 3.0 

 2.7 



1.6 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 3.3 



1.2 

 1.5 



2.9 



3.0 

 3.5 



1.5 



2.0 

 2.5 



2.5 



4.5 

 4.0 

 2.7 



Lbs. 

 8.0 

 10.0 

 11.5 

 13.0 



15.0 

 14.5 

 15.0 



10.0 

 11.0 

 13.0 

 13.0 



10.5 

 12.0 



15.0 



15.0 

 14.5 



9.5 

 11.0 

 13.3 



15.5 



25.0 

 24.0 

 18.0 



Lbs. 

 0.1 

 0.3 

 0.5 



0.8 



0.5 

 0.7 

 0.7 



0.3 

 0.4 

 0.5 



0.8 



0.5 



0.5 

 0.6 



0.4 

 0.6 

 0.8 



0.4 



0.7 

 0.5 

 0.4 



Lbs. 

 7.5 

 9.7 

 12.0 

 15.0 



15.6 

 17.0 

 17.2 



10.2 

 12.2 

 14.4 

 16.0 



9.1 



10.5 



16.3 



16.5 

 16.9 



10.0 

 12.8 

 15.5 



19.0 



31.2 

 29.2 

 22.0 



11.8 



7.7 

 6.5 

 5.3 



6.5 

 5.4 

 6.2 



5.6 



5.4 



4.5 



7.0 

 6.2 

 6.0 



6.6 



5.9 

 6.3 

 7.0 



