CAME AND MANAGEMENT. 



COMPOSITION OF HAY. STRAW, AND CORN FODDER. 



IN 100 FABTS OF 



Meadow Hay. . . . 

 Red Clover Hay. 

 Pea Straw.. . . . . 



Bean Straw 



Wheat Straw. . . . 



Rye Straw. . . . . 



Barley Straw. . . . 



Oat Straw ...... 



Corn Fodder 



I 



14.3 

 16.7 

 14.3 

 17.3 

 14.3 

 14.2 

 14.3 

 14.3 

 14.0 



6.2 

 6.2 

 4.0 

 5j0 

 5.5 

 3.2 

 7.6 

 5.0 

 4.0 



If 



© 



79.5 



77.1 

 81.7 

 77.7 

 80.0 

 82.5 

 78.7 

 80.7 

 82.0 



8.2 

 13.4 

 6.5 

 10.2 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 3.0 



if S 



41.3 

 29.9 

 35.2 

 33.5 

 80.2 

 27.0 

 32!7 

 38.2 

 39.0 



30.0 

 35.8- 

 40.0 

 34.0 

 48.0 

 54.0 

 43.0 

 40.0 

 40.0 



w. 



a • S 



S3 £ 



10.0 



12.5 



16.5" 



18.6 



20 



1.6 



2.0 



1.8 



2.5 



S B"~ 



10 lb. 



8 ** 

 6 " 

 5J" 

 52 " 

 61 " 

 52 " 

 55 " 

 40 ." 



The comparative nutritive value of roots, according to their 

 constituent elements, is shown in the following analyses by Drs. 

 Volcker and Lankester, authorities whose reliability is everywhere 

 conceded : — , 



in 100 PARTS OF 



Sugar Beets 



Mangels 



Ruta-bagas , 



Yellow Aberdeen Turnips 

 White Globe Turnips... . . 



WATER. 



81,5 



87.78 



89.40 



90.57 



90.43 



FLESH- 

 FORMERS. 



1.00 

 1.54 

 1.44 

 1.80 

 1.14 



FAT- 

 FORMERS. 



15.40 

 8.60 

 5.93 

 4.64 

 2.96 



WOODY 

 FIBER. 



1.30 

 1.12 

 2.54 

 2.34 

 2.00 



ASH. 



.80 

 .96 

 .62 

 .65 



1.02 



The most nutritive foods for fattening sheep are admitted on all 

 hands to be cotton seed, free from the husk^ and flaxseed. The 

 common peanut is said by those who have tried it to be a very 

 highly nutritious food. When oil-cake meal cannot be obtained, the 

 following mixture will be found to be a very fair substitute : — 



Ground linseed 40 lbs. 



Wheat bran 60 lbs. , 



Flour of bone ; 4 lbs. 



104 lbs. 



This mixture, analyzed, shows the following constituents : — 



Flesh-formers (albumen) 27 lbs. 



Fat-formers (fat 11 per cent) : ' 51 lbs. 



Ash or saline matter 7 lbs. 



Water 15 lbs. 



100 lbs. 

 From a series of experiments made in England, and published 



