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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



used in feeding, and from other sources, but principally 

 from a compilation by Dr. E. H. Jenkins, in report of 

 Connecticut experiment station. I have applied to these 

 the German digestion percentages, and get the following 

 number of pounds digested in a hundred pounds of Ameri- 

 can foods : — 



For the convenience of those who may wish to use the 

 table of digestive amounts, I give a table made from such 

 facts as have come to us from German work. 



