i6o Rations for Farm Stock. 



invariably proved with the writer the best for yielding milk,, 

 although the ratio of these diets is the same as the others ; and 

 this at once suggests that foods have a subtle influence on each 

 other in the matter of digestibility. It has been discovered that 

 starchy matter added to straw reduces its digestibility, while 

 oily food, if it does not promote, certainly does not check it. 

 No. 10 consists of foods which are largely grown on clays or 

 clay-loams, and is therefore well adapted for use on strong-land 

 farms, and it has the merit of not necessitating the purchase of 

 any imported food. On the other hand, it holds little fat, 

 but contains much starch, and, therefore, in accordance with 

 the statement just made, its straw will not be so easily digested 

 as in diets containing cotton or other oil cake. No. 7 would 

 suit a farm having but few swedes for consumption, and No. 8- 

 for spring feeding. If the market price of oats were good and 

 maize or dried grains were cheap, it might be more profitable to 

 sell oats and buy maize or dried grains, and adopt No. 5 or 9 

 instead of 6. 



(r) Farm about one-third arable. 









Carbo- 



lb. 



Albds. 



Fat. 



hydrates, 



— 30 Swedes ... 



= "39 



•03 



3-i8 



14 Hay 



= 76 



•14 



57o 



8 Oat Straw 





•06 



3'2i 



3| Maize 



= -28 



'14 



2*40 



4 Decorticated Cotton Cake 



= 1 -48 



•40 



75 







77 X 2-4 



= 1 '85 





3 '02 





17-09 

















Carbo- 



lb. 



Albds. 



Fat. 



hydrates. 



— 25 Mangolds... 



= '27 



•03 



2*50 



14 Hay 



= -76 



•14 



570 



9 Oat Straw... 



= *i3 



•06 



3'6i 



5 Middlings 



= ; *45 



•13 



2 74 



3| Decorticated Cotton Cake 



- 1-38 



•38 



70 







74 X 2-4 



= 178 





2 99 





1703 

















Carbo- 



1 b. 



Albds. 



Fat. 



hydrates. 



—30 Swedes 



= '39 



•03 



yiS 



14 Hay ... 



- 76 



•14 



57o 



7 Oat Straw 



= *IO 



•05 



2*81 



5 Crushed Oats 



- '40 



•21 



2*23 



7| Rough Cotton Cake 



= i"35 



"44 



' "33 







•87 X 2'4 : 



= 2*09 





3-00 





I7-34 



