 | Better Farming Series 08 - Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals (FAO - INADES, 1976, 38 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
| | Plan of work |
|  | Why learn about animal husbandry? |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Why farmers go In for traditional animal husbandry |
| | Animals can earn much more |
| | How to improve animal husbandry |
| | Feeding animals |
| | Why animals must be well fed |
| | How food is used in the animal's body |
| | Not all animals digest food in the same way |
| | How to choose animals' food |
| | Foods that give nitrogen must be chosen |
| | Values of certain foods |
| | What is a mineral supplement? |
| | Vitamins |
| | Giving the animals water to drink |
| | Food needs of animals |
| | How to feed animals |
| | Pasture |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Improving pasture |
| | Making new pasture |
| | Using new pasture |
| | Growing fodder crops |
| | Storing grass |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Silage |
| | Hay |
| | Looking after animals |
| | Animals must be watched |
| | How to watch over animals |
| | Housing animals |
| | Values of some animal feeds |
| | Suggested question paper |
How to choose animals' food
You must choose foods that give strength and energy.
· Many experiments have shown that a cow which eats 1 kilogramme of paddy (nhusked rice) can give as much milk s a cow which eats 6.5 kilogrammes of grass.
· Other experiments have been
made for every kind of food for animals. These experiments have shown the amount
of each food which has the same value as 1 kilogramme of paddy
1 kg of paddy
is used to measure the value of foods.
1 kg of paddy is called a fodder unit
or feed unit.
1 Kg of paddy (unhusked rice)
1 Kg of cottonseed cake
6.5
Kg of grass
1 kg of paddy,
1.6 kg of cottonseed cake,
6.5 kg of grass
have the same food value.
They give 1 fodder
unit.
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