82 THE CONNECTICUT AGEICULTURAL 



ANALYSIS OF FEEDING STUFFS. 



The samples taken by Dr. Armsby are further noticed in his 

 " Observations on the Feeding of Milch Cows," page 90. The 

 analyses there given, with the exception of a number made on 

 mixed fodders, are tabulated here for convenience of comparison 

 and reference. 



Sorghum Seed. 



XC, Seed of Minnesota Early Amber Cane, from E. M. Dunn, 



Grafton, Mass. 

 XCII, Sorghum Seed, from E. D. Pratt, West Cornwall. 



Composition. 



Air-dry. Water-free. 



XC. XCII. XC. XCII. 



Water, 15.04 16.76 



Ash, \.l?, 2.17 2.04 2.60 



■ Albuminoids or protein, S.13 7.G9 9.57 9.23 



Crude fiber 1.94 3.21 2.28 3.85 



Nitrogen-free extract, 69.65 66.81 81.98 80.30 



Fat, 3.51 3.36 4.13 4.02 



100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 



No determinations of the digestibility of sorghum seed have 

 been reported. Its composition is quite similar to that of the 

 ordinary cereal gi'ains, and it is to be anticipated that it will 

 prove equally digestible. In computing the following table, the 

 averages of the digestion coefficients for all the cereals yet ex- 

 perimented on were used. 



Probable amount of digestible nutrients in air-dry substance: 



XC. xcii. 



Albuminoids, G.59 6.23 



Carbhydrates, G2.47 60.26 



Fat, 2.()0 2.40 



Nutritive ratio, 1:10.4 1:10.6 



Estimated value,* per 100 lbs., $0.96 $0.92 



* Tliis estimated value is simply intended to furnish an approximately fair com- 

 parison between different feeding stufl's. See p. 78. 



