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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3610, 14 December 1905, Page 4

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Result of Tests to Rctamlne 41?«;

Power of Various Hindu of Animal Poods.

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 iron plants. While plants contain everything necessary for animal growth some portions are richer in salts and nitrogenous material, and are therefore considered tto be of more value, as the grain of wheat, corn and oats. Foods differ greatly in value, as '■very farmer knows. Many, experi,i!ciits have been made to determine (hr feeding power of various kinds of food, and elaborate tables have been drawn up to express their comparative value. Every farmer practically constructs sncii a table for himself: at least, he gets a different value on different substances, and buys and sells accordingly. In the following table common hay is taken as the common rlamkml, and the numbers opposite each substance show how many pounds cf eaclj contain nourishment equivalent to ton pounds of hay:

Of course, such tables represent only general results. Much depends on the quality of the food, the.form in which it is given, the condition of the animal to which it is fed, nnld other circumstances which the intelligent farmer understands.—‘Western Plowman.

10 Clover hay S to 10 Wheat straw 40 to 50 Oal. straw 20 to 40 Pea, straw 10 to 15 20 Turnips. A 50 Cabbage 20 to oU Peas and beans 3 to b Wheat 6 Oats 7 Co:-n Oil cake (linseed) i