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FEEDING ANIMALS. 



these grasses are found in perfection in pasture the feeder 

 relies upon them to produce the highest results. 



If we examine the table, we find that 100 pounds of green 

 corn would give only one pound of digestible albuminoids. 

 If this were fed to a cow that yielded 30 pounds of milk, it 

 would be insufficient to furnish the caseine and albumen in 

 the milk alone, without yielding anything to supply the 

 waste of the cow's body. The German experimenters think 

 they have shown the necessity of supplying two and a half 

 pounds of digestible albuminoids per day to a cow of 1,000 

 pounds weight, in milk. This would require 250 pounds of 

 corn ensilage as a daily ration an impossible ration. But 

 if we take from the table 65 pounds of clover ensilage and 

 60 pounds of corn ensilage, it will give a complete daily 

 ration for a cow of 1,000 pounds weight, in milk 2.58 

 pounds albuminoids; 11.37 pounds carbo-hydrates; 1.4 



