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Journal of Agricultural Research 



Vol. IV. No. s 



Table XXXIV. — Results of digestion trial i, cow 12, on a ration of hay, grain, and 



medium prickly-pear 



Feed. 



Quantity. 



Constituent. 



Dry 

 matter. 



Ash. 



Crude 

 protein. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Com chop 



Wheat bran 



Cottonseed meal 



Prickly-pear (wet) 



Prickly-pear (air-dried) 



Sorghum hay 



Refused sorghum hay . . 

 Common salt 



Total (less refused hay). 

 Feces: 



Wet 



Air-dried 



Digested 



Digested (per cent) . 



Pounds. 

 i° 

 30 

 30 

 600 

 60.3 

 100 



Pounds. 



26. 3010 



27. 0690 

 27. 1410 

 56. 7603 



Pounds. 



0. 3810 

 2. 0100 



1. 8660 

 12. 4218 



Pounds. 

 2. 7360 

 4. 6140 

 13. 4790 

 3.9014 



Pounds, 

 o. 6510 

 3-0150 

 2. 0460 

 6. S968 



Pounds. 



21. 4830 



15. 9060 



S-SSOO 



32-4233 



Pounds. 

 I. 0500 

 I- 5240 

 4. 2000 



1. 4170 



20 



. 62s 



93. 7800 



18. 9460 



.5922 



8.8400 



3. 0860 



- 5922 



5.6500 

 I. 2160 



29. 5000 

 5- 7300 



47. 7100 

 8. 3460 



388. 20 

 79-43 



212.697s 

 7S- 0773 



23. 0250 

 16. 4023 



29. 1644 

 7. 5220 



36. 0788 

 13. 6302 



114. 7263 

 36.0136 



137. 6202 



6. 6227 



21. 6424 



22. 4486 



78. 7127 



64. 70 



28.76 



62. 22 



68.69 



2. 0800 

 .5680 



9- 7030 

 I. 5092 



8. 1938 



84-45 



Table XXXV. — Results of digestion trial 2, cow I, on a ration exclusively of prickly-pear 



