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Contents: Introduction and method of procedure; Consumption of feed in the United States (Grains, Commercial byproduct feeds, Seeds and skim milk, Commercial mixed feeds, Hay, silage, and other harvested roughages, Pasture and grazing, Miscellaneous feeds, Feed unit as a measure of nutritive value, Long-time changes in feed consumed); Livestock numbers and production (Animal units of livestock fed annually, Effect of decline in number of horses and mules on use of feed); Utilization of feed by livestock (Quantities of different kinds of feed consumed by each kind of livestock, Feeds consumed per head or per unit of livestock product, Comparison of average rates of feeding with rates achieved by good farmers); Some general considerations in feeding livestock (Feed required for maintenance and production, Diminishing returns in feeding livestock, Protein situation, Efficiency of livestock in producing human food, Feed conservation); Estimating United States feed consumption in advance; and Additional tables.