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may assume that the ration is well above the safety 

 limit, and that the maize can be substituted for the 

 peas without affecting the horses. Instead of calculat- 

 ing out the albuminoid ratio of the whole, we might 

 have found how much digestible protein the new ration 

 contained, as follows : — 



2-96 



Thus the horse would be getting nearly 3 lb. of digestible 

 protein per diem, and Table XXIII. shows that a horse 

 in heavy work requires 2 lb. per diem per 1000 lb. 

 live weight. Thus, 3 lb. would be sufficient if the horses 

 in question did not weigh more than i scx) lb. To take 

 another case, a fattening ration for cattle contained : — 



Lb. 

 Swedes • . ,84 



Hay .... 12 



Linseed Cake ... 5 



and it was desired to substitute cotton cake and barley 

 meal for the linseed cake. Five pounds of linseed cake 

 is equivalent to 5 x76-r 100=3-8 lb. starch; it also 

 contains 5x25-^100=1-25 lb. protein. Barley has a 

 starch equivalent of 74 and 9 per cent, of digestible 

 protein, so that 2\ lb. of barley meal would be equivalent 

 to 2jx-74=i-85 lb. starch, and would contain -22 lb. of 

 digestible protein. Three pounds of decorticated cotton 

 cake with a starch equivalent of 71 and 34 per cent, of 

 digestible protein would have a starch equivalent of 



