442 APPENDIX 



DIGESTION BY RUMINANTS 



i 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 



% % % % % % % 

 GREEN FODDERS 



Meadow Grasses 



3 . Hungarian 67.2 68.6 52.2 64.3 71.2 67.9 65.7 



4 . Barnyard millet 66.6 67. 59.5 61.5 66.5 68.3 64.3 



1 . Timothy 63.5 65.6 32.2 48.1 55.6 65.7 53.1 



1 . Timothy rowen 64.8 66.4 45.2 71.7 63.8 67.8 52.9 



1 . Pasture grass 68.7 70. 49.7 65.5 74.3 72.5 54.7 



1 . Mixed-grass rowen 65.6 67.4 46.2 67.4 62.6 71.6 55.2 



Cereal Plants 



2 . Barley 65.9 67.5 54.4 71.8 60.8 71.2 59.9 



8 . Dent corn, immature. . 68.8 70.7 45.4 65.2 66.6 73. 72. 



6 . Dent corn, mature 66.6 68.5 19.4 52.3 51.6 74.7 77. 



14 . Dent corn, all samples.. 67.8 69.8 35.6 59.7 60.2 73.7 74.1 



6 . Sweet corn 71.1 72.2 55.3 64. 62.9 76.6 75.6 



3 . Oats 59.5 60.9 53.4 71.8 52.8 62.6 69.2 



1 . Rye 73.4 75.3 55.8 79.4 79.2 70.1 74.5 



2 . Sorghum 67.3 69. 42.4 46.8 59. 74.6 74.2 



Clovers and Legumes 



6. Alfalfa (G) 64. ..81. 41. 72. 45. 



1 . Crimson clover 67.9 69.1 56.1 77.1 56.1 74.5 66.5 



1 . Red clover 66.1 68.1 55. 67. 52.6 77.6 64.5 



1 . Red clover, before 



bloom (G) 74. . . 74. 60. 83. 65. 



2 . Red clover, beginning 



bloom (G) 71. . . 74. 57. 79. 71. 



2 . Red clover, bloom to 



end (G) 61. ..64. 44. 71. 53. 



1 . Red-clover rowen '. 59.3 60.8 43.4 61.9 52.5 65.3 60.8 



1 . Canada peas 68.4 71.3 42.3 82. 62.4 71. 52.4 



2 . Cowpea 68.3 74.1 22.8 75.6 59.6 80.6 59.4 



4. Soybean 59.8 64.5 18.9 75.1 47. 73.2 54.1 



1 . Common vetch 61.8 65.7 17.3 71.4 44.2 76.1 58.6 



3. Hairy vetch 70.3 73.1 45.1 82.8 61.1 76.3 71.6 



Mixed 



1 . Barley and peas 53.4 60.2 46.2 77.2 43.5 61.4 59.7 



4 . Oats and peas 65.4 67.2 45.4 76.1 59.7 67.7 67.7 



1 . Vetch and oats. . . 67. 68.4 52.7 74.8 68.3 67.9 47.2 



