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Table XXV. — Feeds and body weights {second year): Prickly-pear alone versus cotton- 

 seed hulls 



FIRST PERIOD (80 days) 



SECOND PERIOD (80 days) 



« 70 days only. 6 Cottonseed meal. c Spineless cactus. 



Table XXVI. — Analyses of feeds used in prickly-pear feeding experiinents 



FIRST YEAR (first PERIOD; 80 DAYS) 



Feed. 



Moisture. 



Ash. 



Total 

 crude 

 protein 



(NX6.25) 



Albumi- 

 noid 

 protein. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract 



Ether 

 extract. 



Corn chop 



Wheat bran 



Cottonseed meal. 

 SorKhum hay . . . 

 Prickly-pear 



Per cent. 

 12. 00 

 10. 40 

 8.68 

 30.36 

 90. 96 



Per cent. 

 1.45 

 5-95 

 6. 40 

 6. 79 

 2. 27 



Per cent. 

 9-31 



17.72 



45-72 



4-94 



.90 



Per cent. 

 9. 12 



15-25 

 43-09 

 4. 16 

 . 406 



Per cent. 

 2.39 

 8.35 

 6-53 

 23-73 

 1-73 



Per cent. 

 70-93 



52-95 



20.54 



32-46 



4. 02 



Per cent. 

 3-92 

 4-63 

 12. 13 

 I. 72 

 . 13 



FIRST YEAR (second PERIOD; 8o DAYS) 



Com chop 



Wheat bran 



Cottonseed meal . 

 Sorghum hay. . . . 

 Prickly-pear 



9-53 

 17.81 



4-47 

 -«3 



9-25 

 15-17 

 41-33 



3-97 



-34 



3-51 

 5- 18 

 17-40 

 2. 10 

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