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2. AVERAGE COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTION 



The coefficients of digestion which follow are mostly 

 taken from the compilation by Jordan and Hall as pub- 

 lished in Bulletin No. 77, Office of Experiment Stations. 

 Others, marked G, are from the compilation of Dietrich 

 and Konig (Composition and Digestibility of Cattle 

 Foods, Vol. II). 



Digestion by Ruminants 



No. ex- Kind and eondi- 

 perim'ts tion of food 



Dry Organic 

 matter matter 



Digestion coefficients 



Nitrogen- 

 Pro- free ex- 



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 . Timothyrowen . . . 64.8 66.4 45.2 71.7 63.8 67.8 £2.9 



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 



