LESSON SIX 
SOME SCIENTIFIC TERMS IN FEEDING 
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Note to the Teacher.—The terms used in the discussion 
of foods and feeding rations are explained in this lesson. 
Blackboard drill in determining the nutritive ratio of the 
more common feeds is desirable. Such practice should be’ 
continued until the arithmetic of the subject is mastered. 
Consult the appendix for the digestible nutrients of all 
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. The animal as a machine. 
. Nutritive ratio. 
. Reducing fat to carbohydrates. 
. Determining the nutritive ratio. 
Wide or narrow nutritive ratio. 
Balanced ration. 
Feeding standards. 
Maintenance standard. 
All nutrients necessary. 
Standards for farm animals. 
Wolff-Lehmann feeding standards. 
. Based on weight. 
. Feeding standard only a guide. 
. Size of animal. 
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Other standards in recent years. 
common foods. 
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