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Animal Nutrition Homework Packet

Show all of your work! Dry Matter Calculations 1. A feedstuff contains 35% moisture. What percentage is dry matter?

2. If a feedstuff contains 54% dry matter, what is the percentage of moisture?

3. A bag of rolled oats weighs 25 lbs and contains 70% moisture. If all the water was removed how much would the bag of rolled oats weigh?

4. If a diet contains 10% crude protein and has a dry matter level of 60%, what is the % crude protein of the diet on an as fed basis?

5. If there is a diet that has 6% crude protein and has moisture content of 50%, what is the % crude protein of the diet on an as fed basis?

6. How many kilograms of ration dry matter are consumed daily if a steer is being fed the following amounts of feed? Barley Grain matter Cotton Seed Meal matter Supplement Matter 6.0 kg 10.0kg 0.8kg 72% Dry 45% Dry 92% Dry

7. How many kilograms of ration dry matter are consumed daily if a lamb is being fed the following amounts of feed?

Alfalfa Hay Matter Rolled Corn Matter Rolled Oats Matter

1.0 kg 2.0 kg 2.0 kg

75% Dry 45% Dry 45% Dry

Pearson Square Problems 1. Nathan wants to make 1 ton (2000 lbs) of ration with 16% protein using corn with a 6.6 % protein and soybean meal with 41% protein. How much of each will he have to mix together?

2. Jim wants to make one ton (2000lbs) of ration with 14% protein using barley (11% protein) and a prepared supplement with a 36% protein mix. How much of each will Jay mix together?

3. Sandy wants to make a one-ton of ration with 20% protein using corn (6.6 % protein) and protein supplement with a 44% protein mix. How much of each will she mix together?

4. Travis wants to make one ton of 16% protein ration using equal parts of corn (6.6% protein) and milo (8.8% protein), and equal parts of soybean meal (44% protein) and meat and bone scraps (55% protein). How much of ach will Jose mix together? Hint: First you have to average the protein values for the ingredient pairs.