SOME VALUE COMPARED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3587, 19 October 1905, Page 4

SOME VALUE COMPARED.

Result of Testa to Determine the tP>e«llnK Power of Various Kinds of Animal Food*. The earthy, or inorganic, matter in plants is as necessary for animal growth as the organic matter. The bony skeleton consists chiefly of calcium phosphate, with a little calcium carbonate and other mineral .substances derived from While plants contain everything necessary for animal growth some portions are richer in salts and nitrogenous material, and are therefore conbitierce ho be of more value, as the grain of wheat, com and oats. Foods differ greatly in value, as every farmer knows. Many experiments have been made to determine the feeding power of various kinds of food, and elaborate tables have been drawn up to express their comparative value, livery farmer practically constructs such a table for himself; at least, he sets a different value on different substances, ami buys and sells accordingly. In the following table common hay ** ns the common standard, and

• •' • s opposite each substauv. iuhv many - pounds of each connourishment equivalent to ten pounds of hay: ' ■... vy 10 'Hover hny 8 to 10 trecn ver 45 to B" Wheat s:raw 40 to 60 Oat straw 20 to 40 ■Pea straw 10 to IB Potatoes 20 Turnips 50 bbage 20 to 30 i and beans 3 to 5 Whca 1 5 t 0 8 Oat T..., <to 7 Of course, . such tables represent general resxdts. uch depends on the quality of the fooa, the form in which it is given, the conditio^ 11 °f the animal to which it is fed, and othex” circumstance* which the intelligent fai’mer understands.—‘Western Plowman- ;