Cow's milk, (whole), 3.00 14.0 i: 4.6 



Skim milk, 3.23 6.94 i: 2.1 



Butter miik, 2.9 4.50 i: 1.5 



The table above given is made up chiefly from the compil- 

 ations of Dr. Jenkins, in the 1887 Conn, state report, together 

 with a full special analyses from Goessman, Armsby, and Jordan, 

 The digestion co-efficients were taken from the Mass., state re- 

 port for 1887, and a few from the American results, obtained 

 by Jordan and Armsby. 



With these two tables any farmer can gain a tolerable cor- 

 rect idea of what his live stock require, and also can compound 

 rations which will satisfy these requirements and if from the 

 variety of fodders which are to be found on most farms, togeth- 

 er with such grains as are to be had in in the market, a daily 

 ration can be formed which will contain the digestible albumi- 

 noids and carbo-hydrate equivalence, shown by table B, to be 

 necessary for a given animal under given conditions, it may 

 reasonably be expected that such a ration will be very satisfac- 

 tory, I do not, however, wish to be understood as claiming that 

 these tables are absolutely exact, for they evidently cannot be, 

 but they are guides to good and economical feeding and when 

 supplemented by good judgement and close observation are sure 

 to give much better results, than can be obtained by good judg- 

 ment alone. No man can afford to disregard the experience of 

 careful men who have spent a life time in searching' for the laws 

 which govern the nutrition of animals, and the man who regards 

 his own limited experience as superior to that of scores who 

 have spent their whole time in studying this difficult problem, 

 stands in his own light because certainly no evil can result from 

 accuracy in feeling, and the chances all favor an improvement 

 by such exactness. 



HOW TO USE THE TABLES. 



The first difficulty that must be met is that of determining 

 the live weight of the animal to be fed. The following rule 

 though by no means accurate, is of some value in determining 

 this; Ordinary cattle, girting 5 ft, will weigh from 650 to 750 

 pounds, according to form and fatness ; for each additional inch 

 in girth, add 25 pounds, up to 6 ft, and for each inch after 6 ft, 

 add 50 pounds. 



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