1891.] 



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Valuation of Essential Fertilizing Constituents in the Various 



Fodder Articles used. 

 Nitrogen, 17 cents per pound; phosphoric acid, 6 cents; potassium oxide, 4.^ cents. 



Manurial Value of the Feed. 



Composition of Fodder Articles fed during the Previously Described 



Mixperiment. 



Corn and Cob Meal. 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 14.03 



Dry matter, . 



Analysis of Dry Matter 

 Crude ash, 



" cellulose, 



" fat, 



" protein (nitrogenous matter), . 

 Non-nitrogenous extract matter, 



85.97 

 100.00 



1.74 

 3.96 

 3.59 

 9.30 

 81.41 



100.00 



