July 24. 1916 



Digestibility of Hard Palates of Cattle 



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Table I. — Results cf digestion experiments with hard palates of cattle in a simple mixed 



diet 



Item. 



Experiment 334 (subject H. 

 F. B.): 



Hard palates (in form of 



meat loaf) gm 



Potato gm 



Crackers gm 



Butter gm 



Sugar gm 



Total food consumed, 

 gm 



Feces 



Amount utilized . 



.gm. 

 .gm. 



Digestibility of entire ra- 

 tion per cent . 



Estimated digestibility of 

 meat loaf per cent . 



Experiment 335 (subject D. 

 G. G): 



Hard palates (in form of 



meat loaf) gm 



Potato gm 



Crackers gm 



Butter gm 



Sugar gm 



Total food consumed, 

 gm 



Feces 



Amount utilized . 



•gm. 

 ■gm. 



Digestibility of entire ra- 

 tion per cent. 



Estimated digestibility of 

 meat loaf .... per cent . 



Experiment 336 (subject R. 



L.S.): 



Hard palates (in form of 



meat loaf) gm 



Potato gm 



Crackers gm 



Butter gm 



Sugar gm 



Total food consumed, 

 gm 



Feces gm. 



Amount utilized gm . 



Digestibility of entire ra- 

 tion percent. 



Estimated digestibility of 

 meat loaf ..... per cent . 



Weight 

 of food . 



>3°9 

 242 

 670 

 261 

 213 



3.69S 



136 



1,327 



1,232 



661 



3 1 3 

 in 



3,°44 



i°5 



i,3 2 9 



1,275 



291 



208 



69 



3. r 7 2 



70 



Water. 



749-3 



937-7 



40. o 



28. 7 



1,755-7 



Protein. 



3I7-4 



3 1 - I 



56.5 



2.6 



407.6 



72-3 



535-3 



82. 



Fat. 



141. 2 

 I. 2 



96.5 



221. 9 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



71.4 

 259.6 

 472-3 



213.O 



460.8 1,016.3 



442.O 



95-9 



80.0 



759-6 

 930.2 



39-5 

 34-4 



1, 763- 7 



321.8 

 30.8 

 55-8 



3- 1 



4ii- 5 



32. 1 

 984. 2 



96.8 



143. 2 



1. 2 



95-2 



266. 1 



5°5- 7 



7 2 -3 

 257- 5 

 465-9 



906. 7 



54-5 

 357- o 



86.8 



21. o 



484.7 



20. o 

 386.7 



95- 



97.8 



85.8 



760. 7 

 962. 6 



17-4 

 22. 9 



1, 763- 6 380. 9 



322.3 



3i- 9 



24. 6 



2. 1 



32.8 

 348.1 



91. 4 



92. o 



143-4 



i-3 



41.9 



176.8 



363- 4 



15- 9 



347- 5 



95-6 



72.4 

 266. 5 

 205. 1 



69. o 



613. o 



13-4 

 599-6 



97. 8 



29.7 

 12.4 



4-7 

 7.8 



54-6 



12.8 

 41.8 



76.6 



30.1 

 12.3 



4.6. 



9.4 



56-4 



9-5 

 46.9 



83.2 



30. 2 



12. 7 



2. o 



6.2 



Si- 1 



7-9 



43- 2 



34 5 



