Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals

by Fritz Wilhelm Woll

First published in 1915, TRADITIONAL FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS covers everything anyone would ever need to know about feeding farm animals and poultry 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 ANIMALSis a classic, timeless volume of great value to anyone raising livestock or poultry.

400 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

1865-1922

Reviews

[Del · Rating 4 out of 5]

Proved my hypothesis that farm animals can eat things other than corn and beans and be ok. Interesting stuff.