REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



115 



Average composition, digeslibility, and money value of feeding stuffs, as given hj Br. Wolff 

 for Germany for 1879, except those in italics. 



Varieties. 



Mc&dow hay, ipoor 



Meadow hay, fair 



Meadow hay, average — 



Meatlow h^y, very good.. 



Meadow hay, extra 



Clover hay, average 



Clover hay, best 



Timothy hav 



Hungarian Iiay 



Rye straw , 



Oat straw , 



Ilich pasture CTaas 



Average meadow grass, 

 fresh 



Green maize, German. . . 



Green maize, Mr. lYebb, 

 1874t 



(hired maize fodder, Mr. 

 Webb, of Connecticut].. 



Potatoes 



Carrots 



Mangolds 



Bntabagas — 



Turnips 



Sagar beets 



Maize, German 



Maize, A meriean\ 



Oats 



Eye 



Barley 



Feaso 



Field beans , 



Squashes 



Malt sprouts 



"WTieat Ijran, coarse 



Wheat bran, fine 



Middlings 



Eye bran , , 



Palm-nut cake , 



Cotton seed cake, decor- 

 ticated 



Scrap, by Boodale't pro- 

 cess t 



Fish-scrap, dry groundU 



Dried blood 



Whey , 



MUk 



14.3 

 14.3 

 14.3 

 15.0 

 16.0 

 16.0 

 16.5 

 14.3 

 13.4 

 14.3 

 14.3 

 78.5 



70.0 

 85.0 



86.0 



27.3 

 75.0 

 85.0 

 88.0 

 87.0 

 92.0 

 81.5 

 14.4 

 14.4 

 14.3 

 14.3 

 14.3 

 14.3 

 14.5 

 89.1 

 10.1 

 12.9 

 13.1 

 11.5 

 12.5 

 10.5 



11.2 



11.5 

 11.7 

 12.0 

 92.6 



87.5 



.5.0 

 5.4 

 6.2 

 7.0 

 7.7 

 5.3 

 7.0 

 4.5 

 5.7 

 4.1 

 4.0 

 2.2 



2.1 

 1.0 



0.8 



0.9 

 0.9 

 0.8 

 1.0 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 2.7 

 1.8 

 2.2 

 2.4 

 3.1 

 1.0 

 7.2 

 6.6 

 5.4 

 3.0 

 5.2 

 4.2 



7.6 



4.1 

 0.7 

 0.7 



£ g 



I 



7.5 i 33.5 

 29.2 

 26.3 

 21.9 

 19.3 

 26.0 

 22.2 

 22.7 

 29.4 

 44.0 

 39.5 

 4.0 



10.1 

 4.7 



4.8 



25.0 

 1.1 

 1.7 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 0.8 

 1.3 

 5.5 

 2.0 

 9.3 

 3.5 

 7.1 

 6.4 

 9.4 

 2.7 



14.3 



10.1 

 8.7 

 4.8 

 5.7 



17.4 



9.2 



9.2 



9.7 



11.7 



13.5 



12.3 



15.3 



9.7 



10.8 



3.0 



4.0 



4.5 



3.4 

 1.2 



0.8 



4.4 



2.1 



1.4 



1.1 



1.3 



1.1 



1.0 



10.0 



10.7 



12.0 



11.0 



10.0 



22.4 



25.5 



0.0 



24.3 



15.0 



14.0 



13.9 



14.5 



16.9 



33.8 



64.0 



51.5 



SO. 8 



1.0 



3.2 



38.2 

 39.7 

 41.4 

 41.6 

 40.4 

 38.2 

 35.8 

 45.8 

 38.5 

 33.3 

 36.2 

 10.1 



13.4 

 7.6 



7.3 



37.9 

 20.7 

 10.8 

 9.1 

 8.5 

 5.3 

 15.4 

 62.1 

 06.5 

 55.7 

 67.4 

 63.9 

 52.5 

 45.9 

 6.5 

 42.1 

 52.2 

 55.0 

 63.5 

 58.6 

 41.0 



19.6 



2.6 

 5.1 

 5.0 



1.5 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 2.8 

 3.0 

 2.2 

 3.2 

 3.0 

 2.2 

 1.3 

 2.0 

 1.0 



1.0 

 0.5 



0.3 



1.3 



0.2 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 6.5 

 4.9 

 6.0 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 0.1 

 2.1 

 3.2 

 3.8 

 3.3 

 4.5 

 10.0 



13.7 



8.1 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 3.6 



Digestible nutri- 

 ents. 



3.4 

 4.6 

 5.4 

 7.4 

 9.2 

 7.0 

 10.7 

 5.8 

 0.1 

 0.8 

 1.4 

 3.4 



1.9 

 0.7 



0.6 



3.2 



2.1 



1.4 



1.1 



1.3 



1.1 



1.0 



8.4 



9.0 



9.0 



9.9 



8.0 



20.2 



23.0 



0.4 



19.4 



12.6 



11.8 



10.8 



12.2 



16.1 



31.0 



57.6 

 46.4 

 54.1 

 1.0 

 3.2 



1^ b« 



34.9 

 36.4 

 41.0 

 41.7 

 42.8 

 38.1 

 37.6 

 43.4 

 41.0 

 36.5 

 40.1 

 10.9 



14.2 

 7.4 



8.3 



43.4 

 21.8 

 12.5 

 10.0 

 10.6 



6.1 

 16.7 

 60.6 

 63.3 

 43.3 

 65.4 

 58.9 

 54.4 

 50.2 



7.1 

 45.0 

 42.6 

 44.3 

 54.0 

 46.2 

 55.4 



18.3 



2.6 

 5.1 

 5.0 



0.5 

 0.6 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 2.1 

 1.4 

 0.9 

 0.4 

 0.7 

 0.6 



0.5 

 0.2 



0.2 



1.0 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 4.8 

 3.7 

 4.7 

 1.6 

 1.7 

 1.7 

 1.4 

 0.1 

 1.7 

 2.6 

 3.0 

 2.9 

 3.6 

 9.5 



12.3 



4.1 

 6.2 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 3.6 



10.6 

 8.3 

 8.0 

 6.1 

 5.1 

 5.9 

 4.0 

 8.1 

 7.1 

 46.9 

 29.9 

 3.6 



8.1 

 11.3 



14.4 



14.4 



10.6 

 9.3 

 9.3 

 8.3 

 5.8 



17.0 

 8.6 

 8.0 

 6.1 

 7.0 

 7.9 

 2.9 

 2.3 



18.4 

 2.5 

 3.9 

 4.4 

 5.7 

 4.5 

 4.9 



1.6 



0.2 

 0.3 



6.6 

 4.4 



Value. 



0.48 

 0.55 

 0.64 

 0.74 

 0.84 

 0.69 

 0.88 

 0.60 

 0.66 

 0.35 

 0.44 

 0.27 



0.22 

 .10 



.11 



.57 



.29 



.18 



.14 



.15 



.11 



.19 



1.10 



1.12 



.97 



1.09 



0.95 



1.44 



1.51 



.08 



1.31 



1.04 



1.03 



1.07 



1.10 



1.61 



2.05 



2.67 



2.28 



2.39 



.11 



.34 



5^- 



a V 

 o g 



0.74 

 0.86 

 1.00 

 1.17 

 1.32 

 1.08 

 LSD 

 1.09 

 L04 

 0.55 

 0.69 

 0.42 



.36 

 .16 



.17 



.91 

 .46 

 .28 

 .22 

 .24 

 .16 

 .30 

 1.73 

 1.75 

 1.53 

 1.6S 

 1.47 

 2.25 

 2,36 

 .13 

 2.06 

 1.63 

 1.62 

 1.68 

 1.72 

 2.51 



3.22 



4.17 



3.56 



3.76 



.18 



.53 



* Nutritive ratios are read, 1: 10.6, 1: 8.3, &c. 

 tCouacuticut Agricultural Experimental Station, 1879, p. 75. 



