digestion, and also since there does not appear to be sufficie 
reason for placing a higher value upon the fats than upon 
constituents. 
The average of twenty-nine feeding experiments with thirteer 
different coarse foods, including hay, straw, 
stover and ensilage, shows that the following percentages of each | 
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food constituent was digested: as 
Total dry matter ......... AWAY fat nVnidisin' 4¢ai\ one hye ole 3: Pea 
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Similar feeding experiments, including corn meal, cotton-seed 
meal, corn and cob meal, and malt sprouts, show that the follow- — 
ing percentages of each food constituent present was, upon the 7 
average, digested : 
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Carbohydrates «(2's Ste aia os Saks SSN Slate ein nsekeraet sa ace 
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