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TABLE III. AMERICAN DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS : DIGESTIBLE IN- 

 GREDIENTS OF AMERICAN FEEDING STUFFS— Continued 



FODDERS AND FEEDS 



Digestion coefficients 



oi 



B 



Percentage of digestible 

 ingredients 



E 



a 



bo 



o 

 u 



a 



o 



11 



3 

 U 



u 



c 1 

 5b 



K 



u 

 u 



B 



Roughages 



Silages and roots 



Corn silage (mature corn) 



Corn silage (immature corn) . 

 Corn silage (ears plucked off) 



Clover silage 



Potatoes 



Beets 



Sugar beets 



Carrots 



Mangel- wurtzels 



Rutabagas 



Turnips 



Miscellaneous 



Apples 



Apple pomace 



Pumpkins 



Skimmilk* t (separator).. 



Buttermilk* f 



Whey*f 



Concentrates 



Grains and byproducts 



Corn meal 



Corn and cob meal 



Oats* 



Provender (i corn, J oats) 



Provender(as sold in New Eng. ) 



Oat hulls 



Quaker dairy feed 



H. O. dairy feed 



Victor corn and oat feed 



H. O. horse feed 



Barley* 



Barley screenings 



Wheat 



71 

 66 



57 



76 



2 



95 



3 



79 



87 

 93 



98 



89 

 79 

 70 

 80 



62 



65 



75 

 70 

 86 



7 



74 



67 

 59 



77 



99 



85 

 91 

 96 



90 

 80 



65 



68 

 77 

 73 



56 

 51 

 36 



45 



91 



75 

 80 

 90 



94 



68 

 56 

 78 

 73 



81 

 78 

 71 

 74 

 70 



70 

 71 

 64 



100 



43 

 74 



100 



46 

 20 

 10 



43 

 41 



48 

 35 

 50 



76 

 67 

 58 



90 



100 



91 



95 

 97 



98 



95 



88 

 76 

 86 



67 

 70 

 83 

 79 

 92 



82 

 80 

 70 



13 



50 



84 

 88 



100 



92 



84 

 83 

 88 



89 

 86 

 87 

 84 

 89 



is. 

 ]■:, 

 n. 

 16. 

 16. 



10. 



12. 



10. 



7. 

 9. 



9.2 

 9.7 

 6.1 



To 

 07 

 62 

 oo 

 70 

 04 

 56 

 59 

 07 

 63 

 70 



75 



18.3 



13.1 



10.3 



15.0 



15.5 



10.4 



12.5 



10.0 



6.8 



9.3 



8.4 



8.5 

 9.0 

 5.7 



75.2 

 66-7 

 60.2 

 67.8 

 68.6 

 60.2 

 56.4 

 59.4 

 66.3 

 63.5 

 74.6 

 72.4 



1.2 

 0.9] 



0.6 



2.7, 

 0.9 

 1.4 

 1.6 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.0 



4.6 

 4.3 

 3.6 

 3.9 



2.9 

 3.8 

 0.6 



6.3 



4.8 

 9.2 

 7.7 

 6.8 

 2.6 

 10.9 

 14.7 

 6.3 

 9.2 

 8.7 

 8.6 



0.9 

 0.9 

 1.3 

 0.4 

 1.0 

 1.2 



3.0 

 1.9 

 0.6 

 0.8 

 5.9 

 7.2 

 5.5 

 6.1 

 3.5 

 1.4 

 3.7 



0.7 

 0.6 

 0.4 

 0.7 



11.5 

 7-4 

 5.5 

 7.3 



15.6 0.0 

 8.0 0.1 

 9.8 0.1 

 7.40.4 

 5.0 .... 



7.1 

 6.0 



5.2 

 3.9 

 5.0 



65, 



57. 

 45. 

 55. 

 55, 

 39, 

 35. 

 35. 

 50 

 47. 

 04. 

 56. 



0.2 

 0.2 



0.3 

 1.1 

 0.1 



3.5 

 2.9 

 4.2 

 3.9 

 3.3 

 0.8 

 3.3 

 3.4 

 3.3 

 3.4 

 1.6 

 2.5 



i Assume clover rowen hay. 



2 Assume sugar beets. 



3 Assume turnips. 



4 No basis for assumption. 



5 Assume provender. 



6 Assume oats 



7 Assume barley. 



* European coefficients, no American experiments published. 

 + Digestion coefficients of whole milk. 



