RATIONS FOR SHEEP, HORSES AND PIGS. 151 



Ration for bulls on an Austrian farm: Beets 22 Ibs., pulp 11 

 Ibs., hay 4.4 Ibs., clover hay 2.2 Ibs., oats 1.1 Ibs., chopped 

 straw 9. 8 Ibs. , straw waste 8 Ibs. , salt J- Ib. Rations for live stock 

 in general, as used in France: 1st. Diffusion pulp 132 Ibs., wheat 

 husks 8.8 Ibs., corn flour 4.4 Ibs., oil cake 4.4 Ibs., flour sift- 

 ings 4.4 Ibs. 2d. Diffusion pulp 121 Ibs., colza-oil cake 2.5 

 Ibs., flour siftings 2.2 Ibs., bean husks 2.2 Ibs., wheat husks 2.2 

 Ibs. 3d. Diffusion pulp 121 Ibs., corn flour 4.8 Ibs., flour sift- 

 ings 4.8 Ibs., oil cake 4.8 Ibs. 



Sheep may be fed with cossettes when they are not being Rations for 

 specially raised for their wool or selection for breeding pur- shp. 

 poses. Eight kilos, per diem per 100 Ibs. weight is con- 

 sidered a desirable limit. To other sheep very little is fed, and 

 some claim that cossettes should not be used at all for sheep 

 feeding. 



Ration for fattening sheep from January to May on an Aus- 

 trian farm: Pulp 6.6 Ibs., chopped straw 1 Ib., hay J Ib. Ra- 

 tion at an experiment statio'n, France: 1st. Beet pulp 5.3 Ibs.; 

 hay 3.0 Ibs., oil cake 0.6 Ibs., barley J Ib. 2d. Beet pulp 3.3 

 Ibs., hay 4.4 Ibs., bran J Ib., oil cake i Ib. For oxen doing 

 very little work on an Austrian farm, the ration for 1,000 Ibs. 

 live weight, was: Beet pulp 55 Ibs., fermented corn meal 44 

 Ibs., crushed peas 1.1 Ibs., crushed barley 2.2 Ibs., malt sprouts 

 1.1 Ibs., oat straw 5.5 Ibs. 



The feeding of fresh pulps to horses and mules does not ap- Ration for mults 

 pear desirable in all cases. On some farms satisfactory re- f 

 suits are obtained with 16 Ibs. beets combined with 12 Ibs. pulp 

 and 12 Ibs. chopped straw. 



Another authority recommends that working horses, when 

 stall fed, shall receive from 10 to 20 kilos, of cossettes per 

 animal per diem, and when this amount is decreased the work- 

 ing power of the horse appears to diminish. Pubertz says 

 horses may be kept in an excellent condition by a fodder 

 consisting of 100 kilos, cossettes, 50 kilos, oats residuum, 50 

 kilos, hay, 20 kilos, rye bran. Ahrens, on the other hand, ob- 

 tained excellent results by feeding to horses 90 Ibs. of cossettes 

 per diem. 



Numerous experiments show that it is a great mistake to feed Ration for pigs. 



