EXPERIMENT STATION. 87 



The dio-estibility of the food-elements in the pomace is not 

 known with certainty, but probably the nitrogen free-extract is 

 nearly equivalent to the same amount of digestible carbhydrates 

 (starch, suo-ar) and there can be little doubt that the pomace is, in 

 nutritive quality, equal if not superior to the feeding stuffs above 

 named, potatoes alone excepted. 



This sample was from a press of more than ordinary power and 

 therefore rather dryer than apple pomace commonly is. It is 

 considerably richer in albuminoids and fiber than Prof. Storer's 

 sample, which may probably be due to the greater proportion of 

 seeds, cores, and skins contained in common cider apples over 

 that found in the sound Baldwins from which his sample was 

 obtained. 



Prof Storer in his paper, published in 1 875, remarks : " It would 

 be interesting to determine by actual trial whether a process of 

 preservation which is largely employed in Europe for keeping a 

 variety of soft and juicy materials might not be available for the 

 preservation of pomace." He refers here to the " sour fodder " of 

 the Germans, which is neither more nor less than a kind of " ensi- 

 Jao-e," and his suo-o-estion is well worth considering. 



Hat. 



C. Timothy hay, farm of T. S. Gold, West Cornwall. Taken 

 March 19, 1881. 



CVIII. Low-meadow hay from farm of E. Norton, Farming- 

 ton, April 1. 



CXVIII. Hay fed (not raised), by F. R. Starr, Litchfield, 

 April 8. 



CVIL Uneaten portion of CVIII, April 1. 



CXIX. Uneaten portion of CXVIII, April 8. 



The above were sampled by Dr. Armsby at the dates given. 



c. cvni. CXVIII. cvii. CXIX. 



Water, 13.47 14.51 15.83 19.25 23.93 



Ash, 3.86 5.84 4.21 5.04 • 3.70 



Protein, 7.63 10.10 6.68 6.04 4.44 



Eiber,. 29.26 25.05 27.06 28.31 26.71 



N. fr. Ext., 43.48 42.45 44.74 39.65 40.08 



Eat and Wax, 2.30 2.05 1.48 1.71 1.14 



100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 



