130 
ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOH. 
Or, again: 
0 
O • 
If 
Q 
Digestible. 
Albu- 
minoids. 
Cardo- 
liydrates. 
tf 
Eb 
15 pounds corn-(odder 
12.1 
0.10 
5.55 
0.04 
6 “ bran 
4.1 
0 59 
2.21 
0.16 
6 “ malt sprouts 
4.1 
0.97 
2.25 
0.08 
3 “ corn-meal 
2.5 
0.22 
2.05 
0.07 
3 “ cotton-seed meal 
1.0 
0.62 
0.36 
0.24 
24.4 
2.50 
12.42 
0.68 
A correspondent of the National Live Stock Journal gives the follow- 
ing as a practical ration which he used to feed forty steers, weighing an 
average of 900 lbs., and gaining 2 1-2 lbs., per head, per day: 
12 pounds oat straw 
9.80 
0.17 
4.81 
0.08 
6 “ 
hay 
3.98 
0.27 
2.05 
0.05. 
6 “ 
corn-men).. 
5.04 
0.50 
3.04 
0.28 
4 •• 
bran 
3.22 
0.50 
1.70 
0.10 
2 “ 
Linseed meal 
1.G1 
0.47 
0.70 
0.18 
23.65 
1.91 
1290 
0.69 
Standard for fattening cat tic of this weight 
24.30 
9,25 
13.60 
0.45 
This corresponds quite closely with the German standard. The albu- 
minoids arc slightly less, and the fat more. One gallon of cheap molasses 
added to the rations of hay for forty head, would nearly bring up the 
carbo-hydrates to the standard. Again he says : The following is a 
practical ration fed-to 10 steers for 90 days : their average weight for the 
90 days being 1,348 lbs. ; and this was the average ration fed — the aver- 
age gain being 3 lbs. per head, per day: 
15 pounds oat straw 
12.25 
0.21 
6.01 
0.10 
6 
hav 
4.77 
0.32 
2.46 
0.06 
7 
corn- meal 
5.86 
0.59 
4 24 
0.33 
3 “ 
pea-meal 
2.48 
0.51 
1.32 
0.05 
3 “ 
oat-meal 
2.48 
0.29 
1.29 
0.14 
1 “ 
flax-seed 
0.86 
0.17 
0.18 
0.29 
28.70 
2.09 
15.50 
0.97 
Standard for fattening cattle of this weight 
— 3d period 
33.70 
3.63 
19.95 
0.80 
This seems a wide departure from the German standard ; but that all 
the conditions may be understood, it is stated that the corn, pease, oats 
and riax-seed, in the proportions slated, were mixed and ground together, 
and then 14 lbs. of the mixed meal was mixed with the 15 lbs. of oat 
straw, cut into inch lengths, and all well cooked together; that is, 420 
lbs. of the ground meal was mixed with 450 lbs. of cut oat straw, placed 
in a steam-box and well cooked with steam, and this served for three 
