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  • 1Ration alimentaire de l'armée américaine — Une ration alimentaire durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. La ration alimentaire de l armée américaine est la ration alimentaire fournie aux soldats des forces armées des États Unis. Comme toutes les rations alimentaires militaires, elle est… …

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  • 2ration — ▪ I. ration ra‧tion 1 [ˈræʆn ǁ ˈræ , ˈreɪ ] noun [countable] a fixed amount of something such as food or petrol that you are allowed to have when there is not much available: • Food is in short supply and the country has apparently tightened… …

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  • 3Total Mixed Ration (TMR) — is a method of feeding cattle.OverviewThe term total mixed ration (TMR) may be defined as, The practice of weighing and blending all feedstuffs into a complete ration which provides adequate nourishment to meet the needs of dairy cows. Each bite… …

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  • 4Field ration — A French Army combat ration, with two meals and energy bars. A field ration, or combat ration, is a canned or pre packaged meal, easily prepared and eaten, transported by military troops on the battlefield. They are distinguished from regular… …

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  • 5The Last Grain Race — is a 1956 book by Eric Newby, a travel writer, about his time spent on the Moshulu s last voyage in the Australian grain trade. Background to the book In 1938 Eric Newby, at the age of eighteen, signed on as an apprentice of the four masted… …

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  • 6Equine nutrition — is the feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care.Horses are non ruminant herbivores of a type known as a hind gut fermentor. This means that horses… …

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  • 7Cattle feeding — Different cattle feeding production systems have separate advantages and disadvantages. Most cows have a diet that is composed of at least some forage (grass, legumes, or silage). In fact most beef cattle are raised on pasture from birth in the… …

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  • 8livestock farming — Introduction       raising of animals for use or for pleasure. In this article, the discussion of livestock includes both beef and dairy cattle, pigs (pig), sheep, goats (goat), horses (horse), mules (mule), asses, buffalo, and camels (camel …

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  • 9Pygmy goat — A pygmy goat is a small breed of domestic goat. Although they produce a large amount of milk for their size, and can be eaten, pygmy goats are not typically used for milk or meat, unlike larger dairy and meat goat breeds. Pygmy goats tend to be… …

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  • 10Saturninus, Lucius Appuleius — died 100 BC Roman politician. From 104 he opposed the Senate, which objected to his extremist liberal positions. As tribune (103) he supported Rome s proletariat by reducing the price of grain, assigning land grants to veterans, and setting up a… …

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