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AGRICULTURAX EXPERIMENT STATION. 



For the sake or convenience in comparing the digestibility of the 

 different fodders, the coefficients of digestibility are arranged in the 

 following table : ^ 



COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTIBILITY. 



XLI.... 

 XLII... 

 XLIII.. 

 XL. .. 



L 



XLIV .. 



LI 



XLV ... 

 XXXIX 

 XLVI .. 

 XLVII . 



XXIV., 



XiV..., 



xxni. 

 xxvir 



Alsike clover. . 

 White clover .. 

 Blue joint . . . 

 Orchard grass.. 



Red top 



Timothy 



Timothy 



Wild oat grass. 

 Witch grass . .. 



Buttercup 



White weed.. .. 



Previous Experiments. 



* Alsike clover 



fTimothy 



♦Timothy 



*Oat straw | 50.3 





35.1 



50.6 



37. 



51.2 



44.2 



61.5 



34.6 



38.3 



60. 



69.7 



62. 



53.3 

 47.6 

 55. 

 38.3 



*8ee report of Maine Experiment Station, 1886-7. 

 t Ibid, 1885-6. 



In order^to see more closely the differences in the digestible mate- 

 rial of the several feeding stuffs we must construct a table, showing 

 the actual pounds of the various ingredients digested out of 100 lbs. 

 of^the food. This is done by multiplying the pounds of each ingre- 

 dient in a hundred pounds of the food by the percentage (or 

 coefficient) of digestibility. 



