. 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. 112 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED When protein-rich feeds are cheaper than those carbonaceous in character, as in the cotton belt and the alfalfa districts of the West, it will be economy to feed much more than the minimum amounts of protein set forth in the standards. However, protein should not be supplied in such excess as td injure the health of the animals. Proportion of concentrates and roug
. 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. 112 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED When protein-rich feeds are cheaper than those carbonaceous in character, as in the cotton belt and the alfalfa districts of the West, it will be economy to feed much more than the minimum amounts of protein set forth in the standards. However, protein should not be supplied in such excess as td injure the health of the animals. Proportion of concentrates and roughages.—To meet the stand- ards for fattening cattle and sheep and for milch cows, fairly liberal amounts of concentrates are required. When concentrates furnish total digestible nutrients nearly as cheaply as do roughages it is ad- visable to feed as large a proportion of concentrates as is called for by the standards. On the other hand, in many of the alfalfa districts. Fig. 29.—Fattening Beef Cattle on Grass in the Corn Belt On high-priced land, with few acres unsuited for tillage, the stockman has gen- erally found it more profitable to fatten feeder cattle brought from the ranges than to raise his own feeders. of the West, grain is usually high in price compared with alfalfa hay. Here it may be more profitable to restrict the grain allowance, even tho gains are slower. With dairy cows much depends on the productive capacity of the animal. Except when concentrates are unusually high in price, the cow of good dairy temperament will pay for at least a fair amount of concentrates. On the contrary, for a cow of low productive capacity the most economical ration may be silage and legume hay with no con- centrates. Roughing growing animals thru the winter.—The recommenda- tions of the standards for growing cattle and sheep are based upon continuous thrifty growth, and hence call for a limited allowance of concentrates in addition to roughage. The breeder of pure-bred ani-. P
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