. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING STANDARDS—CALCULATING RATIONS 87 already receiving laxative feeds, such as corn silage, pasture grass, and legume hay, the use of bran or linseed meal may be unwise. In computing rations one should therefore always learn whether the feeds under consideration are satisfactory for the given animals. The value and suitability of all important feeds for the various classes of stock are discu
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING STANDARDS—CALCULATING RATIONS 87 already receiving laxative feeds, such as corn silage, pasture grass, and legume hay, the use of bran or linseed meal may be unwise. In computing rations one should therefore always learn whether the feeds under consideration are satisfactory for the given animals. The value and suitability of all important feeds for the various classes of stock are discussed in Part II of this book and more detailed informa- tion concerning their use with each kind of stock is given in Part III. Bulkiness of ration.—We have already seen in Chapter IV that at least with the horse and with young ruminants the ration must contain some roughage to distend the digestive tract properly. Furthermore, for the best results, the proportion of concentrates and roughages in. Fig. 27.—A Eation Which Is Fair, But Lacks Succulence This ration of 20 lbs. red clover hay, 4 lbs. corn meal, and 3 lbs. oats furnishes no more digestible nutrients than the previous one, but -will give better results, because the clover hay is more palatable to cows than timothy hay. Cost 22 cents. (From Humphrey, Wisconsin Station.) the ration should be regulated according to the kind and class of animal to be fed and the results desired. Cattle, sheep, and horses can be wintered satisfactorily on roughages alone, if of suitable quality, and even brood sows may be maintained chiefly on legume hay, when not suckling their young. On the other hand, a considerable part of the rations for growing and fattening animals and those at work or in milk should consist of concentrates. To fatten animals rapidly con- siderably more concentrates must be fed than when they are fattened more slowly. Similarly, horses at hard work should be given more grain and less roughage than those workin
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