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Table No. 6 : Average Percentage Digestibility of the Different Nutrients and 

 Availability of Energy of the Total Diet. 



o 



g 

 S 



Name of Food. 



No. of 

 Expts. 



Organic 

 Matter . 



Crude 

 Protein . 



Crude Carbo- 

 Fat. hvd rates. 



Heat of 

 Combus- 

 tion 

 Available . 



14 

 35 

 44 

 42 

 45 

 38 

 36 

 41 

 46 

 47 

 37 

 9 

 43 

 48 



14 

 35 

 44 

 42 

 45 

 38 

 36 

 41 

 46 

 47 

 37 

 9 

 43 

 48 



TbTAL Diet. 



Granulated Oatmeal 



Standard Oatmeal 



Tillson's Pan Dried Oats 



Quaker Oats , 



Goldie's Farina 



Stevens' Breakfast Food. 



Wheat Germ , 



Polled Wheat 



Flaked Barley 



Flaked Barley 



Cornmeal 



Orange Meat 



Force 



Norka 



Foods Alone. 



Granulated Oatmeal .... 



Standard Oatmeal 



Tillson's Pan Dried Oats 



Quaker Oats 



Goldie's Farina 



Steven's Breakfast Food 



Wheat Germ 



Rolled Wheat 



Flaked Barley 



Flaked Barley 



Cornmeal 



Orange Meat 



Force 



Norka 



97.6 

 98.4 

 98.4 

 98.1 

 98.3 

 98.1 

 98.3 

 96.1 

 97.7 

 97.2 

 98.6 

 95.3 

 95.3 

 97.8 



97.5 

 98.5 

 96.8 

 98.1 

 98.5 

 91.8 

 97.9 

 94.8 

 97.6 

 96.8 

 98.9 

 94.6 

 94.3 

 97.6 



90.5 

 93.8 

 92.6 

 92.4 

 93.6 

 94.0 

 94.4 

 93.3 

 93.8 

 91.7 

 94.8 

 92.1 

 90.4 

 91.5 



86.9 

 92.6 

 90.8 

 91.2 

 92.4 

 91.4 

 93.7 

 90.6 

 92.0 

 87.4 

 94.6 

 90.5 

 85.9 

 89.9 



The foods used in the investigation, the sample number for reference 

 to Table No. I, and the number of digestion experiments with each are 

 as follows : 

 Sample No. 14— Granulated oatmeal 3 digestion experiments. 



" " 35 — Standard oatmeal 3 



" " 44 — Tillson's Pan Dried Oatmeal... 6 



" " 42 — Quaker Oats 4 



" " 45 — Goldie's Farina 5 



" " 38 — Stevens' Breakfast Food 6 



" " 36 — Wheat Germ 2 



" " 41 — Rolled Wheat 3 



" " 46 — Flaked Barley 3 



