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Excerpt from Feed Manual and Note Book This Manual has been prepared with two main objects in view: first, to enable students in agricultural schools and colleges to become thoroughly familiar with our more important feed materials, not only as regards their chemical composition and digestibility, but as to appearance, physical properties, and the various conditions that influence their value for stock feeding; and second, to furnish a guide for the use of the feeds in compounding rations that is both scientifically correct and sound from a practical point of view. The aim has been to stimulate independent thinking so that the facts and principles brought out may form a part of the mental equipment of the student that will materially aid him in his later efforts to become a successful stockman. The plan of the exercises has purposely been made somewhat flexible, for the benefit of teacher and student alike, since local conditions in different sections and states vary greatly, both as to kinds and cost of the available feeding stuffs, and the feeding practices followed; hence, such special problems as are of more direct value in a particular section may be given the preference. The object of the simple tests given in the Manual is to acquaint the student with some of the common impurities or adulterations of feeding stuffs, which may be readily determined in the classroom without any special equipment beyond a few common inexpensive pieces of apparatus. The microscopic identification of components of feeding stuffs, condiments, etc., has not been attempted, since this requires special training in microscopic technique and a knowledge of the anatomy of plant tissues, as well as laboratory facilities, that may not be available for students taking a course in feeding. The Manual is based primarily on the author's book, "Productive Feeding of Farm Animals," but it can also be readily used in connection with other text or reference books on this subject. The solution of many of the problems given cannot, however, be found by referring to any one book. 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.