Rations for Farm Stock. 167 



of December will pay for a ration of five-sixths that of a cow in 

 full milk, such as :-. — ■ » 



1.— 42 lb. Swedes. 2.-42 lb. Swedes. 3.— 22 lb. Mangolds 



14 ,, Oat Straw. 7 „ Hay. 18 ,, Oat Straw. 



3 Crushed Oats. 6 ,, Straw. 4,, Crushed Oats. 



4 ,, Decorticated Cotton 4 ,, Crushed Oats. 4^,, Decorticated Cotton 



Cake. 5f „ Linseed Cake. Cake. 



As it is mainly on arable farms that winter feeding is 

 followed, roots, straw and corn will for the most part form the 

 home-grown contribution to the rations. 



Rations for Sheep. 

 In Scotland and over a large portion of England ewes 

 wintering on grass require no more than a rack of hay, and 

 generally get mangold and turnip-tops thrown out to them, and 

 are run over the root land after the roots have been pulled and 

 carted off to clean up small ones and stray leaves. As soon as 

 they lamb they require a ration with an albuminoid ratio of 1 

 to 6 to keep up their milk supply and flesh. This is generally 

 provided in the first three months of the year by means of 

 swedes or mangolds, bean or pea straw, or mixed hay and 

 straw chaff (oat or barley) and peas, linseed cake, oats and 

 bran, &c. 



The following rations supply the requirements of seven 

 ewes for one day, or one ewe for a week ; the quantity and 

 quality of the* digestible matter is almost the same as that 

 of the cow rations, but as the ewe will get nearly all her water 

 from the roots supplied, something like three times as many are 

 given her for a week as to a cow for a day 



lb. 



1. — 120 Swedes 



5 Hay and Straw Chaff 

 5 Linseed Cake 



lb. 



2. — 120 Swedes 



2 Pea Straw 

 2 Hay ... 

 6 Peas ... 









Carbo- 



Albds. 



Fat. 





hydrates. 



= i'56 



•12 





* 1272 



= -17 



•04 





2*02 



= 1-24 



•48 





1 '49 





•64 X 



2*4 



= 1*54 



2-97 







1777 

















Carbo- 



Albds. 



Fat. 





hydrates. 



= 1-5^ 



•12 





1272 



= -06 



•01 





•67 



== *i 1 



'02 . 





•81 



= 1*21 



•08 





3'l8 





•23 X 



2 -4 



= '55 



2 -94 



17*93 



