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are almost identical, but that we have an enormous difference in the 

 amount of protein present and in the digestion coefficient of the pro- 

 tein, Buffalo-grass, in fact, is found to be very much superior to any 

 of the ordinary rough feeds and fodders. It is fully equal to Ken- 

 tucky blue-grass and but little inferior to red clover. 



It should perhaps be stated that the digestion experiments and the 

 analyses were performed in the usual manner, and that in the table, 

 for convenience, certain data are expressed in more than one way. 

 Thus, the pure proteids are a part of the crude protein and the carbo- 

 hydrates are the sum of the fiber and the nitrogen-free extract. 



Compoeition, coefficients of digestibility and percentages of digestible constitu- 

 ents in prairie hay and buffalo-grass hay. 



