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FEEDING ANIMALS. 



The highest yield of the Ayrshires was 5,582 Ibs., and 

 the lowest 3,537 Ibs. 



The highest yield of the Tondern cows was 7,012 Ibs., 

 and the lowest 4,640 Ibs. 



The highest yield of the Breitenburg cows was 7,365 Ibs., 

 and the lowest 7,050 Ibs. 



The highest yield of the Holland cows was 15,355 Ibs., 

 and the lowest 6,315 Ibs. 



The average winter ration was composed of 10 Ibs. of 

 straw of summer grain, 2K Ibs. of oat and wheat chaff, 

 25 Ibs. of turnips, 10 Ibs. of hay, 8 Ibs. of brewers' grains, 

 wet, and 3 Ibs. of rye bran. This contained of digestible 

 nutriment 3.28 Ibs. of albuminoids, and 14.3 Ibs. of carbo- 

 hydrates, having a nutritive ratio of 1:4.2 equal in nutri- 

 tive value to 42 Ibs. of hay. 



The average ration in summer is 135 Ibs. of green clover, 

 and 8 Ibs. of dry hay. The hay is to modify the suc- 

 culence of the clover. Dr. Rhode says this ration is equal 

 to 45 Ibs. of hay, and contains of digestible albuminoids 5.7 

 Ibs., and of carbo-hydrates 14.91 Ibs. nutritive ratio 1:2.5. 



He says the small cows did not eat so much as the large 

 Holland cows, though the food of each was not weighed ; 

 yet when the same amount of food was placed in two racks, 

 it was found that 9 large cows ate as much as 10 small 



