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APPENDIX 



Digestion coefficients 



No. ex- 

 perim'ts 



Kind and condi- 

 tion of food 



Dry Organic 

 matter matter Ash 



Cereals continued 



1 . H. O. horse feed 70.1 72.6 .. 



1. Maize feed 87.1 87.1 .. 



1 . Maltsprouts 67.1 67.2 . . 



1 . Quaker oat feed 62. 65.3 .. 



1 . Victor corn - and - oat 



feed 74.7 77.4 .. 



7. Wheat bran 62.3 65.7 .. 



1 . Wheat bran and shorts. 60.2 60.7 7.5 



3 . Wheat middlings 75. 78.5 . . 



Nitrogen- 

 Pro- free ex- 

 tein Fiber tract Fat 



74.4 35.2 78.7 84. 



85.5 82.5 87.9 91.5 

 80.2 32.9 68.1 104.6 

 81.1 42.6 67.4 89. 



70.8 48.3 83. 86.8 



77.8 28.6 69.4 68. 



75.8 18.3 64.3 45. 



79.8 33.1 81.3 86.3 



Oil-bearing Seeds 



3 . Cottonseed hulls 39.8 40.5 23.2 . . 40. 41.1 85.7 



5 . Cottonseed meal 73.7 76.1 23.7 88.4 55.5 60.6 93.3 



1 . Linseed meal, old pro- 



cess 78.7 81.2 . . 88.8 57. 77.6 88.6 



2 . Linseed meal, new pro- 



cess 79.2 81.8 .. 85.2 80.4 86.1 96.6 



Miscellaneous 



1 . Peanut feed 



1 . Rice meal 



32.1 32.8 

 73.8 81.6 



70.6 11.7 49.1 89.7 

 61.9 92.3 91.1 



ROOTS 



1 . Mangolds 



1 . Potatoes, raw 



1 . Potatoes, boiled 



1 . Rutabagas 



1 . Sugar-beets 



1 . Turnips 



78.5 84.8 16.4 74.7 42.8 91.3 



75.7 77. . . 44.7 . . 90.4 13. 



80.1 81.2 . . 43.4 . . 92.1 



87.2 91.1 31.2 80.3 74.2 94.7 84.2 

 94.5 98.7 31.9 91.3 100.7 99.9 49.9 



92.8 96.1 58.6 89.7 103. 96.5 87.5 



ANIMAL PRODUCTS 



Cow's milk (G) 98. . 94. . . 98. 100. 



Meat meal (G) 93. . . 96. . . . . 99. 



Dried blood (G) 63. ..62. .. 100. 100. 



Dried fish, ground (G) 90 76. 



DIGESTION BY HORSES 



Dried Fodders 

 2 . Timothy hay in full 



bloom, well cured. ... 43.5 44.1 34. 21.2 42.6 47.3 47.3 

 2 . New corn product 49.9 51.7 21.7 67.5 54.6 46.9 59.8 



