AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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Table III.— Wolff- Lehmann Feeding Standards. 

 (Showing amounts of nutrients per day per 1000 pounds live weight.) 



Animal. 



Oxen, at rest in stall 



Fattening cattle: 

 First period . . . 

 Second period. 

 Third period . . 



Milch cows, 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 ewes, with lambs. 



Fattening sheep: 



First period 



Second period 



Horses : 

 Light work 

 Medium work . 

 Heavy work . . 



Brood sows 



Fattening swine: 

 First period. . . 

 Second period . 

 Third period . , 



Growing cattle (dairy breeds) : 

 2-3 months, 150 pounds. . . 

 3-6 months, 300 pounds . . . 

 6-12 months, 500 pounds . . 



12-18 months, 700 pounds. . 



18-24 months, 900 pounds . . 



Growing cattle (beef breeds) : 

 2-3 months, 160 pounds. . 

 3-6 months, 330 pounds . . 

 6-12 months, 550 pounds. 



12-18 months, 750 pounds. 



18-24 months, 950 pounds . 



Growing sheep (mutton breeds) 

 4-6 months, 60 pounds. . . 

 6-8 months, 80 pounds. . . 

 8-11 months, 100 pounds. 



11-15 months, 120 pounds. 



15-20 months, 150 pounds. 



Total Dry 

 Matter, 

 pounds. 



18 



30 

 30 

 26 



25 

 27 

 29 

 32 



20 

 23 



25 



30 



28 



20 

 24 

 26 



36 

 32 

 25 



23 

 24 

 27 

 26 

 26 



23 

 24 

 25 

 24 

 24 



26 

 26 

 24 

 23 

 22 



Digestible Digestible Digestible 

 Protein, Carbohydrates, Fat, 



pounds, j pounds. pounds. 



Nutritive 

 Ratio, 1: 



11.8 



6.5 

 5.4 



6.2 



6.7 

 6.0 

 5.7 

 4.5 



9.1 



8.5 



5.6 



5.4 

 4.5 



7.0 

 6.2 

 6.0 



6.6 



5.0 

 6.3 

 7.0 



4.5 

 5.1 

 6.8 

 7.5 



8.5 



4.2 

 4.7 

 6.0 

 6.8 

 7.2 



4.0 

 4.8 

 5.2 

 6.3 

 6.5 



