American digestion experiments. 7 



Areraf/e digestion coefficients of American feed iiu) staffs as determined by American experi- 

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A.— Experiments with ruminants. 



GREliN KODDER (fid wlieii green). 



Corn (maize) fodder — 



Whole pl;int, average of all trials 



Dent, immature. Pennsylvania 



in milk, Pennsylvania 



mature, Pennsylvania 



Sorghum, Nortli Carolina' and Texas 



Kye, Pennsylvania 



Timolhy [I'ldeuin j'ratfnse), Utah 



Ilunjiarian yrass (Setaria italica), Maine. 



Pasture grass, Pennsylvania. . -^ 



lied clover {'Tii/olium pratense) 



Corn (maize) silage, whole plant — 



Average of all kinds 



Dent, immature, Maine, Kew York, and 

 Pennsylvania 



Dent, in milk, Pennsylvania 



Mint, mature, Maine and Xew York 



Soja-bean silage 



DRIED FODDEKS (fed air-dry or partiallj' so). 



Corn (maize) fodder, whole plant — 



Average of all kinds 



Dent immature, Maine and Pennsylvania 

 in milk, New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania , 



mature, Pennsylvania 



Mint, matui'e, Maine 



Sweet, mature, Maine 



Corn (maize) butts, Maryland 



Husks, Maryland 



fodder, tops above ear, Mary- 

 land 



pulled, Maryland, 

 North Carolina, and 



Texas 



stover, Pennsylvania 



Sorghum fodder, leaves, North Carolina 



0;it .straw, Maine 



liay from grasses named: 



Barley, Maine.. 



Blue joint (Galamagroatis canadensis), 



Maine 



Cat-tail millet {Pennisetum npicaium), 



North Carolina 



Hungarian grass {Setaria i'toKca), Maine. 

 Johnson grass {Horghuni halepciue), 



North Carolina 



Orchard grass (Daetylis glomeiata), 



Maine and New York 



Redto]) (Agrostiis vidgaris), Maine 



Timothy (I'hleuinprate7ise), average of 



all kinds, Maine and Utah 



in full bloom, 



Maine 



late cut, 



Maine 



Wild-oat grass {Danthonia spicata), 



Maine 



Witch grass {Triticum repens), Maine .. 



Pasture grass, Pennsylvania 



Mixed grasses, New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania 



Hay from legumes named: 



Alfalfa, Colorado and New York 



Alsike clover (Trifulium hybridum), 



Maine 



Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatutn). 

 North Carolina 



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