Sentence examples for complete rations from inspiring English sources

The huge operation involved the movement of over 100,000 uniformed troops from Washington by over 400 ships; 600,000 complete rations to start with and 2.5 million more following the army's arrival; a daily flow of three pounds of provisions per soldier per day, and 25 pounds per horse per day – over 500 tons in all each day that had to be brought down to carry out McClellan's bold operation.

However, pellets are also more expensive, and even "complete" rations do not eliminate the necessity for forage.

In addition, 200 mg/d of EO marginally decreased the potentially ruminally degradable fraction of the CP of the complete ration.

Regardless of how ducks obtain their food, whether it be by scavenging, or consuming a complete ration, the food consumed must contain all the nutrients, in an available form, that are needed for maintenance, growth and reproduction.

The nutrient digestibility and availability may be improved by pelletizing the complete ration particularly for the roughage portion.

If the goslings have access to high quality forage (ryegrass, white clover, cabbage, or even nettles) during the three week brooding period, this could reduce their intake of the complete ration by as much as 20percentt.

If the birds are too light, a mixture of oats and a complete ration similar to that shown in Table 8 is fed during this period of three weeks.

However, to achieve the desired market weight and have adequate fleshing, it is recommended that the geese be fed a complete ration for the last 2-3 weeks before killing.

Depending on the body weight and condition of the geese at the beginning of this finishing period of 2-3 weeks, and the market for which the geese are intended, they may be fed either a complete ration similar to that in Table 8 or grain only.

They were fed a complete-ration feed ad libitum with approximately 60% of the energy provided by silage and 40% by concentrate.

For those with sufficient knowledge of nutrition and feed formulation, complete duck rations may be mixed on the farm.