EXERCISE 69 (Continued) 



2. Calculate the nutrients in the following rations for farm horses of 

 about 1200 pounds weight, doing moderate work, and discuss the rations with 

 special reference to their nutritive ratios: 



(a) Eighteen pounds alfalfa hay, 5 pounds oats, 5 pounds barley, 2 

 pounds distillers' grains. 



(b) Fifteen pounds mixed clover and timothy hay, 10 pounds corn-and- 

 cob meal, 5 pounds oats. 



(c) Fifteen pounds timothy hay, 5 pounds corn stover, 3 pounds each 

 of oats and dried brewers' grains, 6 pounds wheat bran. 



Suggest changes that will make them more effective without increasing 

 the cost appreciably at local feed prices. 



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