1921.] 



Winter Feeding of Livestock. 



72d 



straw and com alone, their corn or cake ration containing linseed 

 cake and crushed oats. In normal practice, the danger to the 

 ewe flock is loss of lambs due to too heavy root feeding, and the 

 writer is convinced that a normal crop of lambs can be produced 

 even in the absence of roots or with a shortage of green forage. 

 The hay and straw chaff will be more readily appreciated if a 

 little treacle, suitably diluted, is sprinkled over it. 



Horses. — Horses will not present a problem, because roots are 

 not normally fed to these animals. 



A heavy draught horse will require per day, IJ stone of either 

 hay or straw^ chaff or both, together with 7 lb. of oats for lighfc 

 work, 11 lb. of oats for medium work or 16 lb. of oats for heavy 

 work. Further particulars of feeding stuffs suitable to substitute 

 for oats are given in Miscellaneous Publication No. 32,* and the 

 ai3pended table gi^dng the quantities of other feeding stuffs, 

 w^hich may be regarded as equivalent in feeding value for horses, 

 is taken from that publication. 



Amount equivalent Amount equivalent 



to 10 lb. oats. to 10 lb. oats. 



Maize 



7-3 



Linseed cake 



8-0 



Grain 



. 100 



Barley 



8-3 



Beans 



9-0 



Dried brewer's grains 



12-3 



Palm kernel cake .. 



8-0 



Pollards 



9-9 



Gluten feed ... 



7-9 



Bran... 



13-2 



At present prices it pays to feed oats only, but in cases where 

 oats are short the above feeding stuffs may be utilised to replace 

 up to one-half of the oat ration. 



Cattle. — In the case of fattening cattle, and for cows of 9 cwt. 

 yielding 1 gallon of milk per day, the following rations are 

 suggested, bearing in mind : — 



(1) Farms where silage is available. 



(2) Farms where a limited amount of roots are available. 



(3) Farms where neither silage nor roots are available. 



A. B. C. 



lb. lb. lb. 



1 Treacle. ^ Treacle. 10 Seed hay. 



5 Wheat chaff. 5 Wheat chaff. 5 Oat-straw chaff. 



26 Silage. 26 Silage. 5 Wheat chaff. 



40 Roots. 20 Roots. 5 Maize meal. 



5 Hay. 5 Oat-straw chaft\ 



4 Cotton cake. 



* Obtainable from The Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries? 

 Publications Branch, 10, Whitehall Place, S.W. 1, price 6d. post free. 



