150 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



will exert a reflex action upon the albuminoids of the body. 

 An exceptional quantity of water taken into the body has a de- 

 bilitating action owing to the dilution of blood that it brings 

 about. 



From this same standpoint it is a mistake to feed frozen cos- 

 settes. The freezing occurs during the transportation of the 

 residuum from the sugar factory to the stable. There can fol- 

 low thereby all kinds of stomach diseases and complications. 

 Such cossettes should undergo a preliminary thawing before 

 being fed. 



According to Elert it is desirable to feed to animals a quantity 

 of forage proportional to their percentage of water. The follow- 

 ing per diem ration is proposed by Ahrens for horned cattle: 



75 Ibs. pressed cossettes; 2 Ibs. oil cake; 5 Ibs. clover hay; 2 

 Ibs. chopped straw. 



Rations for Briem recommends that working oxen shall receive 30 to 80 

 working oxen. Ibs. of cossettes per diem, depending upon the size of the ani- 

 mals. Under all circumstances it is desirable that the limit of 

 the ration shall not be more than 8 per cent, of the animal's 

 weight. 



On some Austrian farms, oxen are worked for two or three 

 months and then stall-fed for the market. In the spring of each 

 year a number of beeves are purchased whose individual weight 

 is never less than 1000 Ibs. These are used for ploughing until 

 December, and then fattened for 150 days. Summer fodder 

 consists of grass with 2 Ibs. corn, 2 Ibs. barley ground and 

 mixed with barley straw. During the early winter 88 Ibs. fresh 

 cossettes; later in the season the same amount of pulp from 

 silos, instead of fresh cossettes. During the following period, 

 and according to the animal's condition, there are given besides 

 the above 7 to 10 Ibs. corn ground with 11 Ibs. hay. The re- 

 sulting increase in weight is 20 per cent. 



For oxen doing heavy work from January to May, on an 

 Austrian farm, the ration was: Beet pulp 79 Ibs., hay 19 Ibs., 

 chopped straw 4.4 Ibs., crushed grain 4.4 Ibs., malt sprouts 1.1 

 Ibs., salt -J Ib. Oxen used at an experiment station in France, 

 received a daily ration consisting of distillery pulp 88 Ibs., 

 hay 11 Ibs., chopped straw 11 Ibs., oil cake 6.6 Ibs. 



