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Table XXXI. — Composition of feeds used in digestion trials 



Feed. 



No. of diges- 

 tion trial. 



Water. 



Crude 

 protein. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Com chop 



Do 



Wheat bran 



Do 



Cottonseed meal 



Do 



Sorghum hay 



Prickly-pear (air-dried) 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Refused sorghum hay . . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Common salt 



I to 4 

 5 



I to 4 

 5 



I to 4 

 s 



I to 5 



I (cow 11) 

 I (cow 12) 

 3 (cow 11) 

 3 (cow 12) 

 5 (cow l) 



I to 5 



Per cent. 



9.91 

 9- 53 



10. 27 

 6. 22 

 5- 87 

 8.30 

 9-05 

 8.09 

 8.24 

 5- 58 

 5-27 

 5-51 

 5- 59 

 7.90 



Per cent. 

 1.27 

 I. 23 

 6. 70 

 6.02 

 6. 22 

 6.15 

 8. 84 

 20. 60 

 18. 78 

 16. 96 

 16.47 

 18.24 

 7-95 

 15-43 

 IS- 02 

 8.99 

 15.61 



Per cent. 



9. 12 



9.40 



15-38 



17.80 



44-93 



40. 96 



5-6s 



6-47 



6.88 



4-95 



4-31 



5-27 



4.07 



6.08 



4.26 



3-89 



6-53 



Sodium chlorid, 

 1.88 per cent. 



Per cent. 

 2. 17 

 1.83 

 10.05 

 8.67 

 6.82 

 6.08 

 29.50 

 10.94 

 10. 60 

 13- IS 

 12. 52 

 10. 04 

 33- 16 

 28.65 

 31-95 

 31. 60 

 33- 19 

 94.75 per 



Per cent. 

 71. 61 

 72.95 

 S3- 02 

 53-50 

 18.50 

 23- IS 

 47-71 

 Si- 77 

 53- 21 

 54-37 

 57- 17 

 56.07 

 47.91 

 ■41- 73 

 40. 48 

 47. 13 

 34- 75 

 cent; undetermined. 



Per cent. 

 50 

 80 



Table XXXII. — Composition of feces voided and air-dried during digestion trials 



Table XXXIII. — Results of digestion trial i, cow II, on a ration of hay and grain 



