Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals
The classic treatise - now back in print.First published in 1915, Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals covers everything anyone would ever need to know about feeding farm animals to achieve maximum production of meat, milk, or eggs from livestock and poultry, and maximum health and work output for horses and mules.Topics covered include the principles of feeds; digestion in different animals; the relative nutritional value of various feeds; green forage and hay; roots and tubers; silos and silage; cereal mill feeds; oil meal feeds; feeds for pigs, dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep and goats, horses and mules, poultry; and much more.Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and tables, Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals is a classic, timeless volume of great value to anyone raising livestock or poultry.