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results, then, it may be said that practically no nutriment is taken from 

 the grain which passes through the system without mastication, as the 

 chemical analysis showed no appreciable change in the composition. 



GERMINATION TEST. 



Germination tests were made for the purpose of finding the effect upon 

 the vitality of the seeds after passing through the digestive tract. The 

 germinating was tried in pans of sand, with one hundred seeds to the 

 pan, kept well moistened and in a warm room. The average of several 

 tests are given, five hundred seeds of each kind being tested. 



Corn as fed 84 % germinated 



Corn from droppings 4.3% 



Oats as fed 99.6% 



Oats from droppings 10.6% 





SUMMARY OP RESULTS. 



Whole corn not masticated: 



Cows 22.75% 



Heifers 10.77% 



Calves 6.28% 



Whole oats not masticated : 



Cows 12.06% 



Heifers 5.48% 



Calves 2.98% 



Whole corn and whole oats not masticated: 



Cows 26.46% 



Heifers 17.50% 



Calves 5.78% 



Chemical analyses showed practically the same composition of grain 

 as before feeding, therefore it is safe to conclude that the animal derives 

 no benefit from grain which passes through the digestive tract unmasti- 

 cated. 



The germinating poAver of the grain, passing through the system was 

 affected very markedly, but not entirely destroyed, as 4.8% of the corn 

 and 10.6% of the oats germinated after this treatment. 



