ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 863 



Average coefficients of digestibility of feeding stuffs and productive values. 



Feeding stuff. 



Protein. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Ash. 



Produc- 

 tive 

 value. 



Alfalfa hay, average 



Bermuda hay, average 



Corn bran, average 



Cold-pressed cotton seed, average 

 Cotton-seed meal, rich in hulls . . . 



Cotton-seed meal and hulls 



Cotton-se«d hulls, average 



Cotton-seed meal, average 



Kafir corn chop, average 



Prairie hay, cut before frost 



Prairie hay, cut after frost 



Rice bran, average 



Rice polish, average 



Sorghum silage, average 



Silage (sorghum and cowpea) 



Sorghum fodder, average 



Sorghum hay 



Tabosa grass hay No. 1 



Tabosa grass hay No. 2 



Perct. 



75.29 

 53.10 

 58.20 

 74.28 

 72.90 

 77.69 

 14.10 

 85.93 

 56.20 

 8.60 

 9.00 

 64.35 

 67.30 

 9.00 

 23.77 

 35.60 

 13.60 

 17.00 

 22.90 



Perct. 

 38.40 

 41.60 

 76.63 

 85.98 

 90. PO 

 97.29 

 68.40 

 94.84 

 47.20 

 39.10 

 57.30 

 80.85 

 82.10 

 56.00 

 57.93 

 62.20 

 54.00 

 27.20 

 46.70 



Perct. 

 46.17 

 53.17 

 59.56 

 39.55 

 37.30 

 51.04 

 49.00 

 15.22 

 27.40 

 53.50 

 66.70 

 19.05 

 25.70 

 58.00 

 49.24 

 60.60 

 55.60 

 52.50 

 56.50 



Per ct. 



68.83 

 50.63 

 77.21 

 6.3.23 

 61.80 

 67.91 

 47.70 

 71.88 

 68.80 

 46.90 

 57.10 

 81.92 

 91.10 

 64.00 

 63.67 

 61.50 

 55.90 

 41.80 

 53.10 



Per ct. 



49. 87 



33.73 



&48 



54.22 



26.22 

 25.20 

 18.69 

 43.40 

 4.90 

 28.00 

 15.98 

 30.00 



19.82 



23.40 

 18.40 

 21.40 



Lbs. 

 8.18 

 7.32 

 13.33 

 12.02 



14.49 

 4.08 

 18.31 

 14.63 

 6.10 

 8. U 

 17.15 

 20.67 

 2.69 

 3.55 

 9.19 

 7.59 

 4.77 

 6.57 



The average composition and digestible nutrients of these feeds are also 

 given. 



Composition of feeds and a method of calculating rations, N. Athanassob* 

 (Nocoes Sohre a Composicoo 4as Forragens e o Modo de Calcular as Ragoes. 

 Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1912, pp. 56, figs. IS). — This includes tables of composition 

 and digestibility of grasses indigenous to Sao Paulo and of the more common 

 feeding stuffs, together with a discussion of methods of calculating rations 

 adapted from Kellner, Henry, et al. 



Analyses of forag'e crops (Bol. Agr. ISao Paulo], 15. ser., No. 3 (1914), pp- 

 207-213). — The composition and digestibility of the following forage crops 

 are reported: Pamcum spectabile, P. altissimum, P. maximtim, P. oryzoides, P. 

 echinolcetia, P. melinis, P. numidianiim, Paspalum griseum, P. virgatum, P. 

 stoloniferum, P. intertnedium, P. pusilum. Polygonum sachalincnse, Phaseolus 

 compressus, P. sp., Andropogon rufus, A. sp., A. condensatus, Arracacia escii- 

 lenta, Bromus unioloidcs, Cijnodon dactylon, Crotalaria ■vitellina, Cajamis indi- 

 cus, Desmodium leiocarpum, Oalega officinalis, Gossypitim barbadense, Ipomcea 

 batatas, Mttcuna utilis, Medicago falcata, Sechium edule, Spergula arvensis, 

 Sporobolus argutus, Tricholwna rosea, Trifoliiim itwamatum, Triticum sativum, 

 Zea mays, Z. caragua, and Oryza sativa. 



Composition and nutritive value of some feed plants, S. Ulmansky {3Iitt. 

 Landw. Lehrkanz. K. K. Eochsch. Bodenkul. Wlen, 2 {1914), No. 3, pp. 467- 

 486). — ^Analyses and data as to nutritive value are given of Meuin mutelUna, 

 Plantago alpimi, Poa alpina, and Festtica rubra, var. fallax, pasture and hay 

 plants indigenous to the Alps 



Commercial feeding stuffs, 1913. — Feed law, B. Youngblood {Texas Sta. 

 Bui. 164 {1914), PP- 5-67). — This reports analyses of the following commercial 

 feeding stuffs : Alfalfa meal, barley chop, corn chop, com bran, corn feed meal, 

 corn germ meal, com and cob meal, cold-pressed cotton-seed cake, cold-pressed 

 cottou-seed meal, cotton-seed cake, cotton-seed meal, dried brewers' grains, 

 ear-com chop, ground oats, hog flour, hominy feed, Kafir corn, Kafir head chop, 

 Kafir meal, maize chop, maize-head chop, maize meal, mill-run bran, rice bran, 

 rice polish, wheat bran, wheat chop, and wheat shorts. There is included 

 general information on the feed-control service and compliance with provisions 

 of the feedstuffs law. 



