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Table V. Period III. {Basal Ration + Undecorticated 

 Cottonseed Cake.) 



Average Daily Ration: 447-6 gms. "Seeds" Hay + 115 gms. Palm 

 Kernel Cake I + 230 gms. Cottonseed Cake. 



Consumed : 



Basal Ration 

 Cottonseed Cake 



Total 



Voided:— Total ... 

 From Basal Ration 



From Cottonseed Cake 

 Digested from Cottonseed 



Cake 

 Digestion Coefficients of 



Cottonseed Cake, % ... 



Sheep 1. 



Total Nitrogen- 

 Dry Organic Ash Crude True Ether free Crude 



Matter Matter (Sand-free) Protein Protein Extract Extractives Fibre 



gms. gms. gms. gms. gms. gms. gms. gms. 



507-3 4791 25-6 66-1 59-9 17-30 274-8 1210 



203-3 1910 11-7 51-2 46-2 10-72 75-3 53 8 



710-6 670-1 



247-5 

 1640 



83-5 



119-8 



59-0 



223-6 

 147-7 



75-9 



1151 



60-3 



37-3 



18-9 

 12-7 



117-3 106-1 2802 



40-3 

 23-1 



36-3 



20-7 



3-60 

 300 



6-2 



5-5 



47-0 



17-2 15-6 (-006) 



340 



66-4 



30-6 



66-2 



3501 



96 



68-2 



27-8 



47-5 



63- 1 



174-8 



83-7 

 52-8 



30-9 



22-9 



42-5 



Consumed : — (as above) 



Voided :— Total 



From Basal Ration ... 



From Cottonseed Cake 

 Digested from Cottonseed 



Cake 

 Digestion Coefficients of 



Cottonseed Cake, % ... 



Average Digestion Coeffi- 

 cients of Cottonseed 

 Cake, % 



57-7 



58-0 



61-6 



67-4 



60-2 



62-0 



34-6 



Corrected Digestibility of Protein. 



Sheep 1 



Sheep 2 



Total pepsin-insol. protein voided, gms. 



Deduct for basal ration, gms. 



Pepsin-insol. protein voided from Cottonseed Cake, 



gms. 



Digestion Coefficients, % 



, ( Crude Protein ... 



^^^^^g'^i True Protein 



Crude True Crude True 



Protein Protein Protein Protein 



23-9 23-9 23-5 23-5 



11-6 11-0 9-9 9-9 



* Coefficient determined by direct treatment of the cake with pepsin- HCl was 79-7 % 



