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Table XL. — Results of digestion trial 4, cow j, on a ration exclusively of prickly-pear 



Table XLI. — Results of digestion trial 5, cow i, on a ration of grain, hay, 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. . . 

 Salt 



Pounds. 



14 

 14 

 14 

 600 

 65-34 

 100 

 3-8 

 • 625 



Pounds. 



12.3494 

 12. 6126 

 12. 5622 

 59-9559 



Pounds. 



o- 1722 



.8428 



.8610 



II. 9180 



Pounds. 

 1. 3160 

 2. 4920 

 5-7344 

 3-4434 



Pounds. 



o. 2562 



1-2138 



-8512 



6. 5601 



Pounds. 



10. 2130 

 7.4900 

 3-2410 



36.6361 



Pounds. 



0.3920 



-574° 



1.8746 



I- 3983 



93- 7800 



3.4998 



•5922 



8.8400 

 •5932 

 .5922 



5.6500 

 .2481 



29. 5000 

 I. 2612 



47. 7100 

 1-3205 



2.0800 

 .0768 



Total (less refused hay). 

 Feces: 



Wet 



Air-dried 



188.3525 



22.6330 



18.3877 



103. 9696 



6. 2421 



453-35 

 82.87 



78. 2459 



16. 7149 



6.8036 



14. 6680 



37.8219 



2-2375 



Digested 



Digested (per cent) . 



no. 1066 



11-5841 



66. 1477 



4.0046 



58.46 



26.15 



63.00 



60. 49 



63.62 



64.15 



