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giving the digestibility of the various feeding stuffs submit- 

 ted are based chiefly upon the digestion trials conducted by 

 the experiment stations and compiled by Lindsay in the re- 

 port of the Massachusetts (Hatch) Experiment Station for 

 1896. 



TABLE I. 



GIVIXG THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ORDINARY FEEDING STUFFS AND 



OF THEIR AVERAGE DIGESTIBILITY. 



Note 1. The figures printed in ordinary type show the percentage 

 of composition of each constituent. 



Note 2. The figures below in each instance show the percent- 

 age of these quantities that are digestible. 



Cured fodders 



Beddoverhay ...... 78.2 



AlBUce clover hay....g.3 



Crimson clover hay 90.4 

 White clover hay... 90.3 



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III 



12.4 

 12.8 

 15.2 

 15.7 



~ 











^2.8 



? 2.9 



hay ...... 4 ^ 



y .......... f T 17.0 



Soy bean hay ........ 8|.7 15.4 U 



Timothy hay ........ 86.8 5.9 2.5 



57 48 57 



Orchard grass hay 00.1 8.1 J.6 



K-ltophay ........ gl O 6 2.7 



M " let ha - .......... f 65' 6 4' 1 



Com fodder ........ 57.8 ^.5 ^.6 



Co st ver .......... 59.5 U U 



Sorghum fodder ....20.6 1.3 0.5 



67 46 74 



Rye straw .......... 92.9 3.0 1.2 



46 21 32 



Wheat straw ........ 90.4 3.4 1.3 



43 11 31 



Barley straw ........ 85.8 3.5 1.5 



53 20 "2 



Oat straw ........... 90.8 4.0 2.3 



48 30 33 



t l 



33.8 

 40.7 

 36.6 

 39.3 



36.1 

 38.6 



45.0 



bd 



41.0 



46.4 



67 

 34.7 



31.5 



11.6 



74 



46.6 



37 



43.4 



38 



39.0 



54 



42.4 



44 



21.9 

 25.6 

 27.2 

 24.1 



25.4 

 22.3 



29.0 



oJ 



32.4 



29.9 



14.3 

 19.7 



6.1 



59 



38.9 



60 



38.1 



52 



36.0 



56 



37.0 



54 



8.3 



7 ' 4 

 7.5 



4.4 

 ,9 



3.4 

 1.1 



3.2 



4.2 

 5.7 

 5.1 



