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corresponding gain in flesh, or fat, milk or wool, etc., while a 

 diminution would mean a wasting or starving of the constituent 

 parts of the body and finally death- In trying to ascertain the 

 food-requirements of the sheep we cannot do better than print 

 Wolffs tables for the same : 



per Day and per I^eacL 



By calculating the daily ration of the sheep, assuming that the 

 food consists of clover, hay, corn-silage, wheat bran, whole corn, 

 barley or oats. 



We find that the Wolff standard for growing sheep between 

 the ages of six to eight months calls for protein .17, carbo- 

 hydrates .85 of lb. and .040 of a pound or 40-1000 of a pound 

 of fat, which would produce 2,066 calories of heat. 



In 100 lbs. of clover hay, corn-silage, wheat bran, whole 

 corn, barley and oats, etc., the following proportion of dry mat- 

 ter and digestible food ingredients will be found: 



Food Stuff 



Red clover.... 

 Corn-silage... 



Alfalfa 



Corn grains.. 



Barley 



Oats 



Wheat bran.. 



Turnips 



Ruta-bagas.., 

 Linseed meal 



Dry 

 Matter 



84.7 

 20.9 

 91.6 

 89.1 

 89.1 

 89.0 

 88.5 

 9.5 

 11.4 

 90.8 



Protein 



6.58 

 0.56 



10.58 

 7.92 

 8.69 

 9.25 



12.01 

 .81 

 .88 



28.76 



Carbo 

 Hydrates 



35.35 

 11.79 

 37.33 

 66.69 

 64.83 

 48.34 

 41.23 

 6.46 

 7.74 

 32.81 



Fat 



1.66 

 0.65 

 1.38 

 4.28 

 1.60 

 4.18 

 2.87 

 .11 

 .11 

 7.03 



Fuel 

 Value. 



84,995 



25,714 



94,936 



156,836 



143,490 



124,757 



111,138 



13,986 



16,497 



144,313 



