EXERCISE 79. A STUDY OF RATIONS FOR GROWING SHEEP 



(Reference, Productive Feeding, Chapter XXVI) 



Which of the following rations comes closest to the Armsby Standard for 

 9-months old sheep: 



1. Three Ibs. alfalfa hay, ^ pound Indian corn. 



2. Two Ibs. clover hay, }/ pound wheat bran, and ^ pound Indian 

 corn. 



3. One and one half pounds shredded corn stover, 1 pound gluten 

 feed, 34 pound Indian corn. 



What is the relation between the cost of the rations, at ordinary market 

 prices, and the nutritive effects they are likely to have, judging by closeness 

 to the feeding standard? 



Dry Matter, 

 Pounds 



Digestible 

 Protein, 

 Pounds 



Energy 

 Values, 

 Therms 



1. 3 Ibs. alfalfa hay.. 

 % Ib. Indian corn. 



2. 2 Ibs. clover hay. . 



% Ib. wheat bran . 

 % Ib. Indian corn . 



3. 1)^ Ibs. corn stover. 



1 Ib. gluten feed 



J^t Ib. corn 



The Armsby Standard . 



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