226 MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP. 



fatten hogs. Ruta-baga is liked by horses ; it makes their 

 coats fine, but it must not be given in too great quantity, or it 

 will gripe them." 



In the German Farmer's Encyclopedia, Petri, an hono- 

 rary and corresponding member of many societies for the 

 promotion of agriculture, contributed a valuable paper on " The 

 keeping, care, and breeding of Sheep," in which \ri\l be 

 found the following table of the comparative nutriment of vari- 

 ous kinds of food. 



[matter. 

 100 lbs. of aromatic meadow hay contains 50 lbs. nutritious 

 100 " Clover hay, - - 55-| ditto. 



100 " Tender vetch hay, - 55| ditto. 



100 " Wheatstraw, - - 14 ditto. 



100 " Corn straw (stalks), 20 ditto. ' 



100 « Barley straw, - - 27^ ditto. 



100 « ^ Oat straw, - - - 25 ditto. 



100 " Pea straw, - - 25 ditto. 



100 " Vetch straw, - - 25 ditto. 



100" Millet straw, -, - 26 A ditto. 



100 " Chaff, - - - 27i ditto. 



100 ," Potatoes, - - - 25 ditto. 



100 " Cabbage turnips, - 25 ditto. 



100 " Yellow turnips, - 25 ditto. 



100 " White turnips, - - 12^ ditto. 



100 " Beets, - - - 16| ditto. 



100 " Com, - - - 95 ditto. 



xOO " Wheat, - - - 95 ditto. 



100 " Rye, - - - 90 ditto. 



lOO " Barley, - - - 82 ditto. 



100 " Buckwheat, - - 78 ditto. 



100 " Oats, - - - - 70 ditto. 



100 " Peas, - - - - 93 ditto. 



100 ~" Vetches, - - - 93 ditto. 



100 " Wheat bran, - - 48 ditto. 



100 " Rye bran, - - - 46 ditto. 



Petri confirms yrhat has already been said jn relation to 

 the fondness of sheep for variety of food, by enumerating 252 

 plants which they eat with salutary effects, and 39 others they 

 partake, of an injurious tendency. 



He gives the following' as examples of average of fodder 

 for a ewe in the month of January, when the yeaning com- 

 mences in March : 



