340 AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 



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Dent corn silage (imma- 

 ture) 65.6 67.4 34.3 51.3 70.6 67.4 80.2 



Cured Fodders. 



Timothy (average) 56.6 57.9 32.8 46.9 52.5 62.3 52.2 



" before bloom ... 60.7 61.5 44.2 56.8 58.8 64.3 58.4 



past bloom 53.4 54.5 30.3 45.1 47.1 60.4 51.9 



Dent corn fodder 64.3 66.1 30.7 50.4 62.2 68.0 73.6 



Flint " " 68.6 71.7 42.6 60.0 74.9 70.3 71.4 



Dent and flint (immature) 63.9 65.7 37.2 51.7 66.0 66.2 72.2 



Dent and flint (mature) 68.2 70.7 30.6 56.7 65.8 72.2 73.9 



Corn stover 57.2 59.1 32.6 35.9 64.2 57.9 70.4 



Red clover 57.4 59.7 29.1 58.0 54.2 64.4 55.2 



Grains and Seeds. 



Cornmeal 89.4 89.6 ... 67.9 ... 94.7 92.1 



Gluten feed 86.3 87.3 ... 85.6 78.0 89.2 84.4 



" meal 89.7 90.4 ... 88.2 ... 89.8 94.4 



Malt sprouts 67.1 67.2 ... 80.2 32.9 68.1 



Wheat bran 62.3 65.7 ... 77.8 28.6 69.4 68.0 



Oil- Bearing Seeds. 



Cottonseed-meal 73.7 76.1 23.7 88.4 55.5 60.6 93.3 



Linseed meal (old process) 78.7 81.2 ... 88.8 57.0 77.6 88.6 



Roots. 



Mangels 78.5 84.8 16.4 74.7 42.8 91.3 ... 



Potatoes (raw) 75.7 77.0 ... 44.7 ... 90.4 13.0 



Some of the most noticeable facts observed in the table 

 are as follows : The highest degree of digestibility of a 

 nutrient is usually obtained with foods which contain the 

 largest amount of that nutrient. For example, clover 

 hay contains more crude protein than timothy hay, and 

 in general, the protein of clover is more completely 

 digested than that of timothy. In the case of potatoes, 



