COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTION 443 



-Digestion coefficients 



No. ex- Kind and condi- Dry Organic Pro- ireeex- 



penm ts tion of food matter matter Ash tein Fiber tract Fat 



S.LAOB 



Maize 



9. Dent corn 65.1 '67.1 32.2 49.3 667 686 80 



6. Flint corn 73.1 76.1 32.9 62.8 75.1 76*9 81*8 



L3 . Dent corn, immature. . 65.6 67.4 34.3 51.3 706 674 80*2 

 10 . Dent and flint corn, 



mature 70.8 73.6 30.3 56. 70. 76 1 82 4 



1 . Sweet corn 68.1 70.1 31.9 54. 71.1 71.8 83^5 



Miscellaneous 



1 . Cowpea 59.6 63.4 30.3 57.5 52. 72.5 62.6 



1 . Soybean (steers) 49.8 53.8 28. 55.3 42.9 61.2 48.9 



1 . Soybean (goats) 59. 59.3 56.7 75.7 54.8 52. 71.9 



1 . Corn and soybean 69. 71. .. 65. 64.8 74.9 82.1 



1 . Millet and soybean.... 58.8 59.9 .. 58.4 69.4 59.2 72.2 

 1 . Corn, horse beans, and 



sunflower heads 65.6 67.8 41.1 62.7 60.1 72.4 76.7 



1 . Corn, horse beans, and 



sunflower plants. .. . 65.5 69.3 25.6 58. 65.3 73.7 74.1 



DRIED FODDERS 



Meadow Grasses 



1 . Black grass (Juncus 



bulbosus) 59.5 . . . . 63. 60.5 57. 41.5 



1 . Black grass (Juncus 



Gerardii) 53.4 52.1 69. 54.3 57.4 49. 45.7 



2 . Blue joint 54.3 55.8 29.4 63.4 54.5 55.9 44.7 



1 . Branch grass (Spar- 

 tina stricta glabra) ... 56 62.5 52. 54. 32. 



1 . Branch grass (Distichlis 



spicata) 49.7 48.9 58.1 51.7 56.4 45.7 36.6 



1 . Chess or cheat 45. 47.3 23. 42. 46. 49. 32. 



2 . Crab grass 53.6 55. 37.6 . . 59.1 54.5 46.8 



1 . Fox grass (Spartina 



patens) 54.8 54.5 58.2 59.3 57.4 53.1 36.4 



1 . Fox grass (Spartina 



juncea, etc.) 53 57. 51. 52. 24. 



1 . Flat sage 56.1 57.3 62. 51.8 60.4 55.1 36.1 



1 . Hungarian grass 65. 66.3 47.4 60. 67.6 67.1 63.9 



2 . Johnson grass 56.5 58.3 30.5 41.4 65.7 56.9 38.4 



1 . Barnyard millet 57.4 56.8 63.1 63.7 61.6 51.6 46.3 



1 . Cat-tail millet 62.3 61.6 68.4 62.6 66.5 59.1 46.1 



2 . Orchard grass 56.6 57.8 . . 59.5 60.4 55.4 53.8 



2 . Red-top 59.7 61.2 29. 61.3 61.3 61.9 50.5 



1 . Red-top and sedge 46. 48.5 10 1 37.2 55.7 45.6 49. 



17 . Timothy 56.5 57.9 32.8 46.9 52.5 62.3 52.2 



