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The Feeding of Animals 



greatly unlike and may have uulike physiological 

 values, as we have seeu. 



The following table shows the digestible material 

 in 100 pounds of various feeding stuffs, as calculated 

 from average composition and digestibility. In the 

 case of hays the water content is assumed to be uni- 

 form; viz., 12.5 per cent, while the percentages given 

 for the grains are the averages found by analysis: 



Class I— Dried grass plants 



Corn fodder, dent 



Corn fodder, flint 



Corn fodder, sweet 



Corn stover 



Hungarian hay 



Oat straw 



Orchard grass hay 



Ked top hay 



Timothy, all 



Timothy, in bloom or before 



Timothy, after bloom 



Class II— Dried legumes 



Alfalfa 



Clover, alsike 



Clover, red 



Clover, white 



Class III— Cereal grains 



Barley 



Corn meal 



Corn and cob meal 



Oats 



Oat feed 



Rye meal 



Per cent of 



digestibility 



of dry 



matter 



64 



68 

 67 

 57 

 65 

 50 

 57 

 60 

 53 

 61 

 53 



59 

 58 

 57 

 67 



86 

 88 

 79 

 70 

 62 

 87 



*Assumed. 



Pounds dry 

 matter in 

 100 of the 



feeding stuff 



60* 



60* 



60* 



60* 



87.5 



90 



87.5 



87.5 



87.5 



87.5 



87.5 



87.5 

 87.5 

 87.5 

 87.5 



85 

 85 

 89 

 92 



Poiinds 



digestible 



dry matter 



in 100 of 



feeding stufif 



38.4 



40.8 



40.2 



34.2 



56.9 



45 



49.9 



52.5 



46.4 



53.4 



46.4 



51.6 

 50.8 

 49.9 

 58.6 



76.5 



74.8 



67.1 



62.3 



57 



76.5 



