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Show Proteins and Nutrients Investigations at agricultural experiment experi-ment stations have shown that certain amounts of proteins and total digest ible nutrients must be fed to maintain main-tain an animal of given weight and to produce a certain amount of milk of a given test Any excess of the amounts needed will be converted Into animal fat orbe eliminated In the! urine and feces. Protein in great ex-, cess of the requirements may" stimulate stimu-late milk production but it may nlso burn out the cow and very often manifests mani-fests Itself In temporary or perma-ent perma-ent sterility.- - A. balanced ration is one which meets .the .requirements both for maintenance and milk production pro-duction ... -' |