FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION 



Coefficients of dii/atibiliU/. 



423 



Kind of food. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 tests. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Soja bean meal and timothy bay . . . 



Do ; 



SoJa btan meal ^ 



Scarlet clover liay (field cured 



Scarlet clover bay (barn cured) 



Scarlet cloyer bay (average field 



and baru cured) 



Barley fodder 



Oat and pea fodder 



Oat fodder 



Hun":arian fodder 



Soja uean fodder 



Clover rowen 



Sweet corn fodder 



Oowju'a fodder 



Rowen, mostly timothy 



Canada pea fodder 



Per ct. 



77.2 

 78.2 

 85.8 

 68.3 

 69.3 



68.7 

 71.7 

 81.5 

 75.3 

 65.3 

 71.0 

 61.9 

 61.8 

 74.0 

 71.7 

 82.0 



Fat. 



Per ct. 

 74.2 

 73.1 

 84.9 

 49.2 

 34.9 



43.0 

 59.9 

 7:i. 6 

 69.8 

 72.3 

 54.2 

 60.8 

 79.3 

 59.4 

 52.0 

 52.4 



Nitro 

 gen-lree 

 extract 



Per ct. 

 66.3 

 66.0 

 73.4 

 60.0 

 61.8 



60.8 

 71.2 

 66.4 

 63.1 

 68.9 

 72.7 

 65.3 

 77.2 

 84.2 

 67.8 

 71.0 



Fiber. 



Per ct. 

 60.6 

 62.0 



43.8 

 46.2 



44.8 

 60.7 

 57.5 

 60.2 

 72.8 

 45.5 

 52.5 

 60.0 

 57.5 

 63.8 

 62.4 



Ash. 



Per ct. 

 48.4 

 45.7 

 21.3 

 47.0 

 47.5 



47.2 

 54.4 

 31.2 

 44.8 

 .58.5 

 14.0 

 43.4 

 50.4 

 23.9 

 45.2 

 42.3 



Organic Fuel 

 matter, value. ■ 



Per ct. 

 69.0 

 69.3 

 78.0 

 54.8 

 57.2 



55.8 

 67.5 

 67.9 

 64.5 

 70.1 

 64.1 

 60.8 

 72.1 

 76.0 

 66.4 

 71.3 



Percl. 

 64.3 

 64.6 

 72.5 

 50.0 

 51.2 



50.5 

 62.4 

 63.2 

 61.1 

 67.0 

 59.7 

 56.5 

 68.5 

 71.1 

 60.3 

 64.7 



' Percentage of total fuel value which i.s available for the use of the body, i. e., the fuel value of the 

 digested portion minus the fuel value of the urea. (See E. S. K., 7, p. 597). 

 ^ Computed from experiments with soja bean meal and timothy hay. 



Wheat meal vs. rye meal for pigs, J. B. Lindsey et al. {Massa- 

 chusetts Hatch iSta.Bpt. 18!).''}^ pp. 237-239). — An experimeiit to compare 

 wheat meal aud rye meal fed with skim milk was made with 2 lots of 3 

 pigs each (2 barrows and 1 sow). It lasted 106 days, and was divided 

 into 3 periods of 58, 13, aud 35 days, respectively. In the first i)eriod 

 the plan was to feed lot 1 3 t)z. of wheat meal and lot 2 3 oz. of rye 

 meal to each quart of milk, the nutritive ratio of tlieratiou being" 1:3.6. 

 Owing to an insufficient supply of inilli, it was necessary to feed some 

 Peoria gluten feed to keep up the nutritive ratio. In the second jieriod 

 each lot was fed 4 qts. of milk daily, lot 1 receiving in addition wheat 

 meal and lot 2 rye meal to satisfy the appetite. In tbe third period 4 

 qts. of milk was fed, and lot 1 received equal parts of wheat meal and 

 corn meal, and lot 2 equal parts of rye meal and c<n'n meal in quantities 

 suhicient to satisfy the appetite. Suhicient water was added to the 

 milk aud meal to furnish the necessary amount of liquid. The pigs 

 were fed 3 times daily. 



The financial statements are based on the following prices: Skim 

 milk 2 cts. i)er gallon, and wheat and rye $24, Peoria gluten feed $21, 

 and corn meal $23 i)er ton. The pigs were sold for 4.8 cts. per pound, 

 live weight. The results are expressed in tabular form. 



" Both lots of pigs made very fair gain.s, autl the results as a whole compare favor- 

 ahly with other experiments when skim milk was fed with other grains. The aver- 

 age daily gain was nearlj^ 1^ Ihs., and the dry matter required to make 1 lb. of live 

 weight averaged 2.65 lbs. The skim milk returned 0.6 ct. per quart, and the live 

 weight cost 4.37 cts. per pound, allowing skim milk to be worth 0.5 ct. per quart, and 

 the grains as noted. The wheat meal seemed to give rather bet tcr results, especially 

 in the last period. During this latter period the I)ig3 fed on the rye meal ration were 

 olFfeed a good deal of the time, and gained le.ss in weight." 



Experiments in fattening sheep, 0. E. Lyman {Connecticut Storrs 

 Sta. lipt. 1895, pp. 93-100). — One bundled and fifty lambs were selected 



