| Show calcut IN ix TO FODDER it ija H a great groat bojt 0 j c ci to the tily fa banners of maine to raise a au ply of tiie tile best klada kiuda of fodder for their stock during thi tho w anter liay hay we all know is tile tiie great greata dependence ti c e staple materi materiel jl 1 for this purpose but there are many other crop crops which can call be lie i raised to advantage among us sauil aud and which are very vary i Talu valuable able aule for furnishing tood lood to stock and thereby sa caving V ing lug hay bay 1 lu order to ascertain tile the real talus of so for the purpose above named it will be ua na cessare to compare the ole nUtt nutritive itTe properties of the articles with good hayas hay as the standard experiments and close and careful comparison of tha tile results of many given the following aa as the comparativo comparative difference between beti veen the tile articles arti C iea fee mentioned and good hay we haw have pub lashed these results before but wo we now put pat them in ill a tabular form BO so as to gile giffe the reader an easler easier ier ler t mode mods n ode cf ef comparing them pounds of hay are equal to pounds of green indian corn pounds of rye straw pounds of tiit ott straw pounds pea straw 1201 pounds potatoes pounds of boiled potatoes pounds mangel manael wurt zdi zil 50 1 pounds turnips 54 pounds rye 46 pounds wheat 59 pounds oats 45 pounds rounds peas or beans 61 64 pounds buckwheat 57 pounds indiancorn indian toru 68 pounds scorns acorns i pounds wheat bran pounds rya rya rye bran pou pounds as wheat pea and eat chaff pounds rye and barley from this birds eyo eye view it will be etsy to calculate the fodder value vaino of any of the above arfi articles cles which you may rai ral ralso for instance if you have 04 lbs ibs of turnips they will voll give ai as much moch nutrition to your cattle eattle as ibs lbs of good hay or in other words wordan gordau it will take 5 lbs ibs of turnips to be equal to I 1 ib lb of hay an exit is seid sold requires 2 pr wr cent ofray per day if he fie does dees not work ani add and gic 2 per cent if i he fie work suppose Suppo ee therefore you nave have all an ox that weighs 1500 ibs lbs ho will require 10 ibs lbs of hay bay perlay per day I 1 it t he lie does not work hult halt you wih to feed him in part turnips if you live give ve him 15 it S of hay how many pounds of turnips must you gi give to him to make male up the supply ans 75 lbs iba which at ut GO lbs iba to the bushel will be 5 pecks again according to the table a little more ahn half a bount pound of indian corn is equal to tob toa H pound ot of hay if I 1 f therefore ep you give the same tame ox but 15 ibs lbs or f hay how much indian corn must he have to supply the 14 ana aua A little ever SM 8 ibs iba lb allowing corn to 50 ibs ilia per bushe bushel it ft will take 5 quarts and a third allowing the estimates in the table to be eor correct they tiley will be a convenient guide to the formers in ill feeding cattie cattle ac ou on other articles in order to save their hay A cow caw is said to require 3 per celt cent of her weight per jay day A sheep full grown aj per cent maine farmer |
