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Wolff to be substantially near those fed by 

 these dairymen. The feeder, however, has to 

 keep in mind that he is dealing with individual 

 animals with different appetites and digestive 

 capacities, so that rather than attempt to feed 

 each by rule he should hardly expect the feed- 

 ing tables to more than assist him in judiciously 

 selecting and combining the foods and suggest- 

 ing the extent to which they may be fed. 



Ration for dairy cow. — A complete calcu- 

 lated ration for a dairy cow is shown in the 

 following table given by Allen* The corn 

 plant plays an important part in this ration: 



This is a close comparisoji, excepting for fat, 

 which is not so important as the other two in- 

 gredients. 



Corn a carbonaceous food. — Indian corn is 

 a carbonaceous (carbohydrate) food rather than 

 protein, and in making feeding rations this 



•Farmers Bulle«,in No. 22, 1895. 



