APPENDIX 411 



Table II. Average Digestibility of Important Feeding Stuffs 



The following digestion coefficients, obtained in experiments with ruminants, 

 for some of the most important American feeds are taken from the extensive 

 table in the unabridged edition of Feeds and Feeding. The coeificients marked 

 '•H & M" have been compiled by the authors; those marked "L" are from the 

 compilation by Lindsey of the Massachusetts Station; and those marked "M" 

 are from Mentzel and Lengerke's Landicirtschaftliche Kalender. 



Feeding stuff 



Concentrates 



Barley 



Beet pulp, dried 



Brewers' grains, dried . . 



Corn cob 



Corn-and-cob meal 



Corn meal 



Cottonseed meal 



Cowpea meal 



Distillers' grains, largely 



from corn 



Emmer 



Flax seed 



Gluten feed 



Hominy feed 



Kafir, ground 



Linseed meal, old process 



Malt sprouts 



Molasses, cane, or black- 

 strap 



Oat hulls 



Oats 



Rice polish 



Rye meal 



Skim milk 



Soybeans, ground 



Wheat, ground 



Wheat bran 



Wheat feed 



Wheat middlings, flour . . 

 Wheat middlings, stand'd 



Dried Roughage 



Alfalfa hay 



Barley hay 



Bermuda grass hay 



Bluegrass hay, Kentucky 



Brome grass hay 



Clover hay, alsike 



Clover hay, crimson 



Clover hay, red 



Clover and timothy hay. . 

 Corn fodder, dent, mature 



No. of 



trials 



109 



4 



9 



7 



11 



15 



13 



25 



13 



30 



Dry 



matter 



Per (■ 

 88 

 75 

 61 

 54 

 79 

 90 



Crude 

 protein 



Per ct. 



78 

 52 

 81 

 19 

 52 

 74 

 84 



Carbohydrates 



Fiber N-free 

 " "'^'^ extract 



Per ct. 



78 



89 

 50 

 84 

 93 

 95 



74 



95 



88 

 86 

 85 

 91 

 70 



89 

 85 



