352 PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 
ration. In large amounts it is poisonous. One pound to 200 pounds 
of mash is about the right proportion to feed. 
Composition of Green Feeds (Without Regard to Digestibility) 
. Water | Ash | Fiber | Protein | C3'PO | Fat 
Sprouted oats........... 75.9 0.8 2.5 3.2 16.3 13 
Lettuce.........ee ee eee 95.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.6 0.2 
ART > se cisnscecdavone! diovanioel ea 85.2 1.8 1.5 2.6 8.4 5 
Green alfalfa............ 80.0 1.8 4.7 4.9 7.9 a 
Green barley............ 76.0 7.3 6.9 2.7 7.0 Jl 
Lawn clippings.......... 76.4 2.4 4.1 2.3 13.8 1.0 
Mangels...........-.... 90.9 1.1 9 14 5.5 2 
Pumpkins.............. 90.9 5 1.7 1.3 5.2 A 
Cabbage..........-.+.- 90.5 1.4 1.5 2.4 3.8 A 
Potatoes's acc5 graye tenses 78.9 1.0 6 2.1 17.3 Al 
Alfalfa hay.............] 11.0 6.4 22.6 17.6 39.3 3.1 
Red elover hay.......... 15.3 6.2 24.8 12.3 38.1 3.3 
Composition and Digestibility of Animal Feeds 
, Digestible 
Water | Ash | Fiber | Digestible| sarboby. 
fat 
Skim milk.................. 90.5 0.9 3.3 5.4 
Buttermilk.................. 90.4 0.7 3.8 5.5 
Whey vidcunge tieeeieien es 93.4 0.6 ae 0.9 7.7 
Meat scrap................-] 10.1 5.8 2.8 57.0 33.3 
Fish scrap................-. Variable and similar to meat scrap 
Dried blood......... ‘| 8.5 4.7 a fs 60.8 5.6 
Fresh-cut green bone.........| 8.9 26.1 18.3* 10.5* 
Ground dry bone............ 8.0 |. 64.4 19.0*¥ | ..... 
Pork scrap...............:..] 11.0 2.2 ses 45.0 33.4 
Digester tankagé............. 7.0 15.9 5.8 50.1 26.1 
* Assumed. 
Success with poultry depends upon four factors, 4.¢., skilful 
breeding, housing, feeding, management and marketing. The very 
best ration will not give efficient results unless the fowls are other- 
wise well taken care of. Feeding is but one part of the problem of 
successful poultry raising. 
There is no one best ration for any particular purpose. The 
feeds fed and the composition of the ration will depend on the feeds 
available in any section of the country. Fish scrap is used exten- 
sively on the Pacific Coast as a substitute for meat scrap because it 
can be obtained at a lower price, on account of the many fish 
