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MAKUAL OF CATTLE-FEEDir^G. 



corresponding quantities in the food of various otlier ani- 

 mais I ' 



Oxen at rest 



Sheep " 



Patteniag- oxen * . . 



" sheep 



^og 1^ 



Calf 



Total 



nutritive 



mdttev 



Lbs. 



Id. lO 



18.50 



18,50 



8.73 

 15.70 



10.30 



Digestible 



piotexn. 



Lbs. 



0.7 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 3.5 



3.0 



5.1 



49 



Nutritive 

 latio. 



1 : 13 



1 : 8.0 



1 .5.5 



1 :4.5 



1:45 

 1 : 5.0 



1 :40 



Botli tlie total quantity of nutritive matter consumed 

 "by tlie calf and tlie amount of protein will be seen to be 

 relatively greater tlian in the case of any of the other herbi- 

 voi'ous aninialsj while the nutritive ratio is narrower. 



The food of the young calf approaches more nearly in 

 its composition that of well-fed carnivorous animals, as 

 represented by ration h for the dog ; and the resemblanee 

 becomes still more close when we consider the conipara- 

 tively large amount of fat in the food of the calf. 



The greater rdative consumption of food by young ani- 

 mals, as compared with mature ones, is also strikingly 

 shown in the experiments on lambs described in § 3 of 

 this chapter. 



* The rations for oxen and sheep are Wolffs feeding-Bfcandards. Of 

 the two rations for the dog, a consists of 500 grms. fresh meat and 200 

 grms. fat— quantities which Voit found sufficient to keep an animal 

 weighing- about 70 lbs in fair condition— and 5 is a richer ration, con- 

 sisting ol 800 grms fresh meat and 350 grins, fat. 



