. The principles of agriculture; a text-book for schools and rural societies . combines with some other element : in the carbo-hydrates, this other element is carbon. In all the carbohydrates, THE FEEDING OF THE ANIMAL 257 the oxygen and hydrogen are in the proportions in ?which theyoccur in water.—two atoms of hydrogen to one of oxygen (H^Ois water. 1306). The carbo-hydrates are sometimes calledamyloids,—that is, starch-likematerials. 453a. The determinationof the nutritive ratio is verysimple. For example : cloverhay of average quality con-tains say of digestibleprotein, of digest
. The principles of agriculture; a text-book for schools and rural societies . combines with some other element : in the carbo-hydrates, this other element is carbon. In all the carbohydrates, THE FEEDING OF THE ANIMAL 257 the oxygen and hydrogen are in the proportions in ?which theyoccur in water.—two atoms of hydrogen to one of oxygen (H^Ois water. 1306). The carbo-hydrates are sometimes calledamyloids,—that is, starch-likematerials. 453a. The determinationof the nutritive ratio is verysimple. For example : cloverhay of average quality con-tains say of digestibleprotein, of digestiblefiber, of digestible car-bohydrates other than fiber,and of digestible 2X times is ;to this is added and ,making in all , or thestarch-equivalent of all theheat- and fat-forming nutri-ents. Then divided equals The nutritiveratio of clover hay is, there-fore, 1 458o. The results obtainedfrom any food depend in largemeasure upon thehousing and carewhich the animal re- Fi^. 90. A cheap and efficient
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