Author : Harold Reed Guilbert
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428468095
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (68 download)
Book Synopsis Feeding Cattle and Sheep on the Range and in the Feed Lot (Classic Reprint) by : Harold Reed Guilbert
Download or read book Feeding Cattle and Sheep on the Range and in the Feed Lot (Classic Reprint) written by Harold Reed Guilbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Feeding Cattle and Sheep on the Range and in the Feed Lot Recent years have brought a great increase in the use of supple mental feeds for the maintenance of breeding stock and for finishing cattle and sheep. Livestock producers are confronted with the prob lem of selecting from the wide variety of feeds available in California, those that are most economical at varying prices - not necessarily the feed which costs the least per ton, but that which furnishes the essential nutrients at the cheapest rate. Ordinary feed analyses give the crude protein, nitrogen-free ex tract, fat, fiber, and ash content of feeds, but do not show the amounts of these constituents that are digestible and therefore available to the animal. The proteins of feeds are extremely important because they are used for growth and maintenance of muscle and other lean tissues, and for milk production. They may also serve as a source of energy. The nitrogen-free extract includes the starches and sugars, which, together with the fats and digestible portion of the fiber, are used for body heat, muscular work, and for fat production. The value of feeds may therefore be expressed in terms of digestible crude protein and total digestible nutrients. The former represents the value for supplying building material for growth 'of lean tissues and for the protein requirement of lactation. The latter represents the combined energy or fattening value of all the various nutrients. Feeds high in fiber being low in digestibility, have low values for total digestible nutrients. Simple means of comparing values, together with data and sug gestions on feeding practice, are presented in this circular. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
