MAKUAL OF CATTLE-PEEDIJSTa. 



893 



T., but tlie most important points may be repeated liere 

 in their application to practical purposes. It will be con- 

 venient to take them up in connection with the fattening 

 of cattle, though the same general laws are of course ap- 

 plicable to all domestic animals. 



Experiments in Weende. — The few experiments on 

 the fattening of cattle which have as yet been executed 

 "were made at the "Weende Experiment Station in the years 

 1859, 1860, and 1865.*^ In these experiments the digesti- 

 bility of the fodder, as w^ell as the gain of fesh, was de- 

 termined. The experiments in 1859 and ISGO extended 

 over a considerable time, "while those in 1865 were of so 

 short duration as to render the results of less value. The 

 following table contains the more important results of the 

 experiments, calculated per day and 1,000 pomids live- 

 weight : 



Date. 



1859 



1860 



18G5 



Protein 



digested. 



Lbs. 



1.56 

 1.50 

 1.45 

 1.55 

 1 76 

 1.82 

 1.73 



Carb- 



h>di ites 



and fat 



digested, 



Xibs. 



8.50 

 8.38 

 11.10 

 13.70 

 8.90 

 7.68 

 8.63 



Nutritive 



ratio, 



1: 



5.5 

 5.6 



7.6 

 8.3 

 5.1 

 4.3 

 5.0 



Length of 



evperi- 



nieiit. 



Days. 



56i 

 561 



71 



45 



17 1 



10 1 

 17 1 



G-AiN PBB Day. 



Livo- 



■w eiji^ht 



Lbs. 



1.86 

 1.43 

 1 83 

 1.30 

 0.43 

 1.45 

 0.31 



Lbs, 



0.68 

 •0.57 

 0.80 



1.56 

 1 53 



3 33 



* " Beitrage zur Fiitterung der Wiederkauer," Heft 3, p. 376, and 

 " Nciie Beitrage," p. 314. 

 f Exclusive of the preliminary feeding. 

 17* 



