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FEEDING ANIMALS. 



same combination as found in plants. The plant is there- 

 fore dependent upon the soil and the animal upon the 

 plant. 



That the reader may get a definite idea of the proportion 

 of the mineral constituents of some of our forage plants 

 and grains, together with some of the by-fodders, we give 

 the following table, which will be found convenient for 

 reference. We give the number of pounds, and fractions 

 of a pound, of ash, and of the separate elements of that 

 ash, in 100 pounds of the dry substance of hay, straw, 

 grain, roots, etc. This will enable the reader more easily 

 to figure the exact proportion of any mineral constituent 

 in any ration fed : 



HAY. 



GREEN FODDER. 



