The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-08-12

We give only the nutritive values, or
the digestible per cent. 1t will be noted
that the clover stands away below all
the grains This is because the grains
have only about IA per cent. of water,
while the green clover in full blossom
has about 80 per cent. but the nutritive
ratio of the clover stands higher than
the grains, except peas. But it must
be borne in mind that the table gives
only average values, different samples
varying somewhat in quality.
There is not as much difference
in grains, however, as there
is in the various kinds Of hay and fod-
der. Our. correspondent may not
know precisely the offices of the sew
eral ingredients, or that the albumi-
noids (nitrogenous) make muscle and
the cheesy part of the milk, while the
carbohydrates (carbonaceous) ma
terials lay on fat. The free fat is an
aid to digestion and is mainly, if not
entirely, consumed in keeping up ami
NAL heat The bones are made up
largely of the mineral matters, which
we have not given, as there is no lack
of sufficient quantity of these in the
foods named. If the other materials
are given in the right proportion, in
the form of grain and clover, the bones
will take care of themselves. None
of the grains would afford a proper
ration, as they lack in bulk.
The wheat and the clover are
balanced about right in the proportion
| of albuminolds to -hydrates, and
the clover makes good feed alone,
but is better supplemented with little
corn meal, which contains more carbo-
hydrates. Peas are too strongly nitro
genous by themselves, and should be
fed with care in conjunction with
corn-stalks, ensilage. straw, or some
more carbonaceous food. The ration
needs to be balanced so that the pro-
portions of albuminoids will be about
as :4.5 for milk, beef, work, and in
| warm weather, to about 1:5.5 for
fat, animal heat, and even 1:6 or
In cold weather, according to ex-
posure and the amount of exercise.
There must always be sufficient
amount of coarse feed to fill the paunch,
in connection with the proper
amount of nutritive material. The
standard German ration, which is found
to be pretty high for this country, for
fattening cattle, is for every l,00O
pounds in live weight, n pounds OF
dry feed, Of which 2.5 pounds Of
albuminoids, Is pounds of earbo-hy.
drates and O.5 of pound Of fat should
be digestibie. For this purpose, Prof
Stewart thinks 1000 pound steel
while fattening would require daily q
pounds of best clover hay, pounds o.
straw or corn-stalks, and IA pounds o.
corn meal, which would afford 31.07 OF
dry organic matter, of which 3.3;
pounds of albuminoids, 1882 pounds
of carbohydrates and 0.96 of pound
of fat would be digestible. Or th'
ration might be of peas and oats driet
in blossom and fed with corn meal, 2
pounds of pea and oat hay, and l.
pounds of corn meal, which woult
closely approximate the preceding ra.
ton in feeding value. We have tries
to make the matter clear, but the sub
ject requires a good deal of study
} Judgment and practical experience be
fore satisfactory solution can b,
. reached. Even our scientists are stil
at loggerheads on the subiect.-Na
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