PAET II THE PRACTICE OF FEEDING 

 CHAPTER XV 



CATTLE FOODS NATURAL PRODUCTS 

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THE number of cattle foods now available for use 

 is very large, and the list appears to be constantly 

 increasing. Not only have several fodder plants been 

 added to those formerly grown, but we have now a great 

 variety of waste products from the manufacture of oils, 

 starch, and human foods that are being placed upon 

 the market as feeding stuffs. At one time farmers 

 produced all their cattle ate, and this was done without 

 going outside a very limited list of forage plants and 

 grains. All this is changed, especially in the older, 

 more thickly -settled portions of the United States, so 

 that considerable knowledge is now needed regarding 

 the composition and specific characters of the numerous 

 kinds of feeding stuffs if they are to be used intel- 

 ligently. 



It will aid in discussing this branch of our subject 

 if we first note the divisions into which the materials 

 used for feeding farm animals are grouped. There is 

 more than one basis upon which it is possible to make 

 ^these divisions, botanical relations, the portion of the 

 plant used, whether stem or fruit, and chemical com- 

 position. As a matter of fact, all these and other 



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