. 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 89 mals, milch cows, and horses at hard work rations made up, for the most part at least, of well-liked feeds. Some concentrates, such as malt sprouts and dried distillers' grains, which may not be relished when fed alone, are entirely satisfactory if given in mixture with other bet- ter-liked feeds. Similarly, such roughages as straw and marsh hay, which ar
. 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 89 mals, milch cows, and horses at hard work rations made up, for the most part at least, of well-liked feeds. Some concentrates, such as malt sprouts and dried distillers' grains, which may not be relished when fed alone, are entirely satisfactory if given in mixture with other bet- ter-liked feeds. Similarly, such roughages as straw and marsh hay, which are of low palatability, may be given in limited amount even to. Fig. 28.—An Excellent and Economical Ration This ration of 30 lbs. corn silage, 10 lbs. red clover hay, 3 lbs. corn meal, 3 lbs. wheat bran, and 1 lb. cottonseed meal furnishes no more nutrients, yet it is much superior to the two previous ones, for the feeds are all palatable and suit- able for dairy cows, and the silage provides succulence. Cost 20 cents, nearly one- fourth less than the first ration. (From Humphrey, Wisconsin Station.) animals fed for production, a practice widely followed by European farmers. "While the largest gains are made on rations composed en- tirely of exceedingly palatable feeds, it should be remembered that one of the chief functions of our domestic animals is to consume and con- vert into useful products materials which would otherwise be wasted. Variety of feeds.—Skilled feeders usually believe that a ration con- taining several feeds will give better results than when a smaller num- ber are employed, even tho the latter ration supplies the proper amount of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. From the discussions in the pre- ceding chapters, in which it has been pointed out that the protein fur- nished by certain feeds is unbalanced in composition, it is evident that a larger variety of feeds may, by the law of chance, furnish a better balanced mixture of proteins than one or
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