444 APPENDIX 



Digestion coefficients - 



Nitrogen- 

 No, ex- Kind and condi- Dry Organic Pro- free ex- 

 perim'ts tion of food matter matter Ash tein Fiber tract Fat 



% % % % % % % 

 Meadow Grasses continued 



3 . Timothy, before or in 



bloom 60.7.61.5 44.2 56.8 58.8 64.3 58.4 



4 . Timothy, past bloom .. 53.4 54.5 30.3 45.1 47.1 60.4 51.9 



1 . Timothy rowen 62.2 64.4 56.4 68. 66.5 63.4 49.5 



2 . Wild-oat grass 64. 65.2 34.7 58.3 67.9 65.5 50.5 



2. Witch grass 61.2 62.3 40.9 58.6 62.8 65.6 57.2 



1 . Black grass and red- 



top (cove mixture).. . 54.6 54.3 57.5 47.9 59.7 53.2 40.3 



5 . Mixed grasses 57.1 58.8 . . 58.5 59.7 58.7 48.5 



Meadow hay 



Best (G) 67. . V. ' 65. 63. 68. 57. 



Medium (G) 61. .v 67. 60. 64. 53. 



Poor (G) 56. . . 50. 56. 59. 49. 



2 . Pasture grass 72.6 73.2 51.8 73.4 76.1 74.2 67.3 



1 . Swale hay 39 34. 33. 46. 44. 



1 . High-grown salt hay. . . 53 63. 50. 53. 47. 



1 . Salt-hay mixture 56.4 54.9 69.8 42.6 60.7 54.7 29.7 



2 . Rowen hay 64.4 65.8 46.6 69.1 66.6 66.2 47.4 



Cereal Plants 



1 . Barley hay 61.2 62.3 44.8 65.2 61.7 63 3 40. 



17 . Dent corn fodder. :..... 64.3 66.1 30.7 50.4 62.2 68. 73.6 



7 . Flint corn fodder 68.6 71.7 42.6 60. 74.9 70.3 71.4 



13 . Dent and flint corn 



fodders (immature). . 63.9 65.7 37.2 51.7 66. 66.2 72.2 

 10 . Dent and flint corn 



fodders (mature) .... 68.2 70.7 30.6 56.1 65.8 72.2 73.9 



3 . Sweet corn fodder 67.2 69.8 35.6 64.1 73.8 68.2 73.6 



5 . Corn stover 57.2 59.1 32.6 35.9 64.2 57.9 70.4 



3 . New corn product 58.1 59.2 38.7 46.7 57. 60.5 78.2 



2 . Topped corn fodder. . . . 57.4 62.3 3.8 38.7 71. 57.9 67.4 



1 . Corn blades and husks. 63.8 67.1 22.6 47.7 72.9 66.4 58.1 



2 . Corn leaves (pulled 



fodder) 59.8 63.6 26.8 48.4 67.5 63. 59.9 



1 . Corn husks 72. 74.2 16. 29.5 79.5 75. 32.5 



1 . Corn butts 66.5 69.4 11.5 21. 73.5 69. 79.5 



1 . Oat hay 49.3 50.1 34.6 54.2 43.5 52. 61.9 



1 . Oat straw 50.3 52 57.6 53.2 38.3 



Bean straw 55. . . 49. 43. 67. 57. 



Wheat straw (G) 46. .. 23. 55. 39. 36. 



Rye straw (G)'. 48. . . 25. 63. 39. 29. 



Barley straw (G) 53. . . 25. 55. 54. 42. 



Rice straw (G) 47. .. 45. 57 32. 47. 



1 . Sorghum fodder (pulled) 63.1 64.8 29.5 60.8 70.4 64.5 46.7 



1 . Sorghum bagasse 60.6 62.2 13.4 13.7 63.8 64.8 46.4 



