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. 



Wheat 

 Bran. 



Gluten 

 Meal. 



Maniirial Value of the Feed. 



Composition of Fodder Articles fed during the Previously/ Described 



Experiment. 



Corn and Cob Meal. 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100^ C, 14.03 



Dry matter, 



Ajialysis 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 



