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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3607, 7 December 1905, Page 4

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Bcsnlt of to Determine the Feeding P» wcr of Varlon* Kind, of Animal Food*.

The earthy, or inorganic, matter in plants ie as necessary for animal growth as the organic ifatter. The bony skeleton consists chiefly of calcium phosphate, with a little calcium carbonate and other mineral substances derived from planlte. ‘While plants contain everything necessary for animal growth some portions are richer in salts and nitrogen ous material, and are therefore considered tlo be of more value, as the grain of wheat, corn and oats. Foods diffei greatly in value, as every farmer Many experiments have been mi '.de to determine the feeding power of various kinds of food, and elaborate tables have been drawn up to express their comparative value. Every farmer practically constructs such" a table for biiusell: at least, he sets a different value 1 on different substances, and buys anil sella accordingly. In the following table common hay is taken as the comimn ; tandard, and the numbers opposite? each siVbstance show bow many poum 1 s of each contain nourishment equivalent to ten pounds of hay:

Of course, such tables repn isent only general results. Much depen fs on the quality of the food, theform in which it is given, the condition of the a;.tiitnal to which it is fed, and other ciroamisrtances which the intelligent farmer under* »tAnds.—*Western Plowman.

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