Food Capacity of Cattle-J. A. Murray; Summary:- The Food capacity' is taken to be the amount of total dry matter consumed when the animal is offered as much as it cares to eat. The food capacity of steers is subject to a nearly uniforın acceleration of 40 lbs. per month from birth up to the age of 12 or 14 months, after which it remains approximately constant. It cannot therefore bear any simple relation to the live-weight of the animal. In the case of steers the average constant rate of consumption was about 18 lbs, of total dry matter per head per day throughout the period from 1 to 4 years; in the case of milk cows it is probably about twice as great, viz.; from 30 to 40lbs.
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