Red Clover 15.3 84.7 24.8 6.2 12.3 38.1 3.3 



White Clover 9.7 90.3 24.1 8.3 15.7 38.3 2.9 



Alfalfa 8.4 91.6 25.0 7.4 14.3 42.7 2.2 



Green Grass Clippiiigs....76.4 23.6 4.1 2.4 2.3 13.8 1.0 



Cabbage 90.5 9.5 1.5 1.4 2.4 3.9 0.4 



Lettuce 95.9 4.1 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.2 



Spinach 92.4 7.6 0.7 1.9 2.1 2.4 0.5 



Peas 13.4 86.8 6.4 2.4 22.4 52.6 3.0 



White Field Beans 15.0 85.0 3.2 3.1 20.4 56.7 1.6 



Tomatoes 91.3 8.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 5.8 0.5 



Apples 84.1 15.9 0.9 0.2 0.2 14.3 0.3 



Cucumbers 96.0 4.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.8 0.2 



White Ptatoes 78.9 21.1 0.6 1.0 2.1 17.3 0.1 



Red Beets 88.5 11.5 0.9 1.0 1.5 8.0 0.1 



Mangel Wurzels 90.9 9.1 0.9 1.1 1.4 5.5 0.2 



Turnips 90.5 9.5 1.2 0.8 1.1 6.2 0.2 



Carrots 88.6 11.4 1.3 1.0 1.1 7.6 0.4 



Onions 87.6 12.4 0.7 0.6 1.4 9.4 0.3 



Peanuts, Hulled 10.9 89.1 3.1 3.8 31.5 46.9 3.8 



Whole Milk 87.2 12.8 3.5 4.8 3.7 



Skim Milk, Separated— .90.6 9.4 2.9 5.2 0.3 



Buttermilk 90.1 9.9 3.9 4.0 1.0 



Beef Scrap 1.3 98.7 .... 8.0 58.0 .... 32.9 



Pork Scrap 0.8 99.2 .... 2.2 57.4 .... 39.6 



Dried Blood 6.7 93.3 .... 6.6 65.1 5.3 16.3 



Green Beans 6.9 93.1 .... 24.5 22.3 .... 16.3 



It will readily be seen that com contains one part protein 

 to twelve parts of carbon, thus it is known as a wide ration 

 having a large amount of heat and fat producing qualities 

 with only one twelfth of the blood, bone, flesh, and muscle 

 producing element. The other extreme is to be found in 

 albumen which contains seven and six-tenths percent of pro- 

 tein to one of carbon. This is what is known as a narrow 

 ration. A one sided diet, as it were, containing a large per- 

 centage of protein with very little carbon or heat and life 

 producing qualities. The happy medium known as the bal- 

 anced ration, would be about one part protein to five parts 

 carbon. This is about the composition of oats, showing the 

 great value of it as a food for the laying hen, but hens, like 

 mankind, must have a variety of food to produce the best re- 

 sults. Then the different breeds must be considered. It 

 would not do to feed a race horse as you would feed a work 

 horse. The Leghorns and Minorcas are parallels of the race 

 horse of the poultry world, being more active and requiring 

 more carbon than the Asiatic and American breed such as 

 the Orpintons, Plymouth Rocks, Langshangs, Rhode Island 

 Reds, Brahmas, and Wyandottes. We must take into account 

 also the conditions in which the flocks are kept. The birds 

 confined to small runs will require much less feed than a 



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