SOME VALUES COMPARED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3533, 10 June 1905, Page 2

SOME VALUES COMPARED.

Keanlt of Test* io DrtitWMW*' **»• Feeding Power of Vnrio«.s'Kißd#>‘ of Animal Food*. The earthy, or inorganic, matter in’ nlants is as necessary for animal growth. •vs the organic matter. The bony skeleton consists chiefly of, calcium phosphate, wife a little calcium caitoonato aih'l other numeral substances derived from pMAltfc While plants cowteoa;everything pvteessa-ry *»v growth some portions are richer in salts and nitrogenous-material, and «• •therefore considered tio be of nware value, as the grain, of wive at, com and oats. Foods differ greatly in- value, aa every farmer 3m6wO> M an y experiments have been 4° detenmi* the feeding power of various .kind® of fop » and elaborate tables haW> been drawn rip to express their comparative value, livery farmer practically i such a table for himself; at , sets a different value on different stances, and buys and sells according?** ly. In the following table' common bay, is taken as the common standard, and, the numbers opposite each substance, show how m'any pounds of each coiv tain nourishment equivalent to ten 1 pounds of hay: , av y i’luvei lu O;; 45 to SO 4 to .«*. Oat strati’ in in IS ‘ Pea straw ~W M-W Potatoes !*S Turnips <K . A m Cabbage S ” Peas and beans S • \\% I Corn 4 i Oil cake (linseed) * * ’ Of course, sucli tables represent OBXf general results. Much depends on tSr quality of the food, the.form in which it' is given, the condition of the animal to which it is fed, anld other circumstance* ' which the intelligent farmer understands. —‘Western Plowman. ■