320 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 181. 



The cabbage was fed in combination with hay, and con.stituted 25 to 34 

 per cent, of tlie dry matter of the total rations, the latter having nutritive 

 ratios of from 1 :6.6 to 1 :9. 



Suminartj of Coefficients for Cabbage. 

 Whole Cabbage. 



Heads Minus Leaves. 



Leaves. 



The whole cabbage was quite well digested, with an average dry matter 

 percentage in case of the two sheep of 88 per cent. The fiber averaged 

 91 per cent, digestible, showing in case at least of one of the sheep that it 

 had improved the digestibility of the fiber in the hay. The extract 

 matter also had a high digestibility (96 per cent.). 



The heads proved rather more digestible than the whole cabbage, 

 namely, 98 per cent., the protein 77 per cent., and both the fiber and 

 extract matter over 100 per cent. It seems evident that the cabbage 

 exercised a beneficial effect upon the hay with which it was fed. 



The leaves did not prove as digestible as the center, although one 

 notes that the dry matter averaged 74 per cent, digestible, the protein 

 64 per cent., the fiber 78 per cent, and the extract matter 84 per cent. 



The whole cabbage, head minus leaves, and leaves would contain of 

 digestible organic matter, on the basis of our data, in 2,000 pounds, the 

 following: — 



