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FOB AGE CROPS 



Table III. Coefficients of Digestibility of Feed Stuffs— Continued 

 1. Experiments with Ruminants 



Silage continued 



Oats and pea 



Corn: lA Sunflower 

 heads 34A. Horse- 

 beans 3^A 



Corn: lA Sunflower 

 plant 34A. Horse- 

 beans 3^ A 



3. Hay and Dried 

 Coarse Fodders. 

 a. Cereal Fodders 



Corn, dent, immature 



Corn, dent, mature... 



Corn, flint, ears form- 

 ing 



Corn, flint, mature... 



Corn, sweet, mature . 



Corn, stover 



Barley hay 



Oat-hay 



Oat-straw 



6, Grasses and Millets. 



Mixed grasses (8-10 

 per cent protein ) . . . 



Mixed grasses, tim- 

 othy predominating 



Meadow, swale or 

 swamp hay 



Tall oat grass 



Wild oat grass 



Orchard-grass 



Pasture grass 



Prairie grass 



Red-top 



Rowen 



Black grass 



Branch grass 



Flat sag;e 



Per cent 



65 



66 



65 



62 

 66 



70 

 70 

 67 

 57 

 59 

 54 

 50 



60 



55 



39 

 55 

 64 

 56 

 73 

 56 

 60 



C ® 



O s 



O 



56 

 52 

 57 



63 

 58 



50 

 45 



70 

 64 

 64 

 36 

 65 

 53 



57 



47 



34 

 51 



58 

 60 

 73 

 18 

 61 

 69 

 58 

 56 

 52 



61 

 60 

 65 



67 

 63 



72 

 76 

 74 

 64 

 62 

 51 

 58 



60 



65 



33 

 55 

 68 

 61 

 76 

 61 

 61 

 66 

 59 

 54 

 60 



ft ^ 



72 

 74 



62 

 73 



71 

 71 

 68 

 59 

 63 

 55 

 53 



61 



59 



46 

 58 

 65 

 55 

 74 

 61 

 62 

 64 

 52 

 49 

 55 



