288 



THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



content is assumed to be uniform, viz., 12.5 per cent, 

 while the percentages given for the grains are the averages 

 found by analysis: 



TABLE LXI 



Per cent of 



digestibility 



of dry 



matter 



Pounds of 

 dry matter in 



100 of the 

 feeding-stuff 



Pounds 

 digestible 

 dry matter 



in 100 of 

 feeding-stuff 



Class I Dried grass plants 



Corn fodder, fresh, average . 69 



Corn stover ' : 57 



Hungarian hay . .. . . . 'V ; 65 



Oat straw 54 



Orchard grass hay 56 



Red-top hay 60 



Timothy, all 55 



Timothy, in bloom or before . 59 



Timothy, after bloom .... 52 



CZass // Dried legumes 



Alfalfa : . 62 



Clover, alsike -.,./" 59 



Clover, red ..... \ .. ~.\ 58 



Clover, white ...,;..., 66 



Class III Cereal grains 



Barley . ,. . 86 



Corn meal . . v 88 



Corn-and-cob meal ... '-. . 79 



Oats -;; . . 70 



Oat feed, mainly hulls .... 34 



Rj^e meal ...'.,"._.... 87 



Class IV Nitrogenous feeds 

 16-30 per cent protein. 



Brewers' grain 62 



Distillers' grains (from rye) 



Gluten feed 87 



Maltsprouts 67 



Wheat bran 62 



Wheat middlings 75 



Pea meal 87 



20 

 60* 



87.5 

 90 



87.5 

 87.5 

 87.5 

 87.5 

 87.5 



87.5 



87.5 

 87.5 

 87.5 



89 

 85 

 85 

 89 

 92 

 88 



92 



92 

 90 



90 



13.8 



34.2 



56.9 



48.6 



49 



52.5 



48.1 



51.6 



45.5 



54.2 

 51.6 

 50.7 

 57.7 



76.5 

 74.8 

 67.1 

 62.3 

 30.3 

 76.5 



57 



80 

 60.3 

 54.5 

 66 



78.3 



*Assumed. 



