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Henry. In these tables from which this is made up, however, 

 water and mineral matter are not considered as digestible 

 nutrients, while in the following table they are so considered. 



Carbohydrate Concentrates 

 Dry Feeds 



Digestible nutrients per 100 pounds 



Water 



Mineral 

 matter 



Corn 



Rye 



Barley 



Wheat 



Oats 



Kaffir corn. . . . 



Rice 



Germ meal. . . . 

 Hominy chops, 



13.0 

 11.6 

 10.9 



10. 

 11. 



9. 

 12. 



8. 

 11. 



1.4 

 1.9 

 2.6 

 1.8 

 3.0 

 1.5 

 0.4 

 1.3 

 2.5 



Green Feeds 



Potatoes 



Artichokes 



Sugar beets. . . . 

 Mangel wurzels. 



Turnips 



Pumpkin (field) 



1.0 

 1.0 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 0.8 

 0.5 



According to the observations and work of the writer it 

 seems advisable also to classify water as a nutrient and to 

 assume, since the pig requires more than is present in ordinary 

 feed stuffs, that the entire quantity is digestible. Hence, in 

 the foregoing table the entire water content is given under the 

 head of digestible nutrients. The mineral matter, included 

 in the table under this head, is also the total ash content of the 

 feeds as obtained from composition tables. 



