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parative breed tests; Mistake of shearing during feeding; Craig's 



experiments 46 



Surprising results in sheep fattening; Beet cossettes and the wool; Sheep 



characteristics 47 



Kequisite feeding space and other essentials; Prof. Henry's views 48 



Importance of sheep selection; Sheep fattening 49 



Oats as a ration; Lands for pasturage suited to sheep; Winter feeding 50 



Health of a sucking lamb; Weaning lambs 51 



Feeding working animals; Theoretical considerations; Voit's experi- 

 ments; Hanneberg's experiments upon sheep 52 



Function of protein; Equivalents for 100 parts of fat 53 



Production of muscular energy by albumin in the fodder; Facts to be con-' 

 sidered in the production of work; Causes of gouty and rheumatic ten- 

 dencies 54 



Production of work from foods, and Sanson's results in this direction 55 



Working oxen and cows; Ration of an animal doing work 56 



Rations in general; General remarks; Variation in the daily ration with 



the ambient temperature 57 



Standards; Basis of all standard rations 58 



Variation in standards; Variation in ration 59 



Appetizing rations; Distribution of rations 60 



Commercial value of fodders; All existing modes of estimation of value 



very empirical; Money mode of valuation 61 



Difference in the nutritive money value as admitted in the United States 



from that adopted by Kiihn; Purchasing feeds 62 



Rules proposed by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station; Cost 



of rations 63 



PART SECOND. 



FEEDING BEETS TO CATTLE. 



Preliminary remarks; Advantages of a succulent ration with corn 64 



Preparation of beets before feeding; Steaming or cooking 65 



Vertical and horizontal section of Leduc's beet-steaming pits; Steaming 



process combined with fermentation 66 



Arrangement of the pits and detail of chimney 67 



Advantages of a reasonable fermentation 68 



Maceration and its object; Comparative experiments; Beets and pulp 



compared 69 



Experiments upon sheep; Sugar-beets and mangels compared 70 



Comparison of Tankard and sugar-beets 71 



Comparative increase in weight of sheep fed with Tankard and with 



sugar-beets; Size of root for cattle-feed 72 



