CONTENTS. 



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Introduction, . . . . . . . . . . ' . 241 



Composition of feedstuffs (per cent.). ....... 242 



Composition of feces (per cent.), ........ 249 



Weight of animals at beginning and end of each period, and average daily 



water consumed, ......... 256 



Digestion coefficients of basal ration used in the computation of digestion 



coefficients, .......... 263 



Computation of digestion coefficients, ....... 265 



Discussion of results, .......... 306 



English hay — basal, . . . . . . . . . 307 



English hay and gluten feed — basal, ...... 308 



English hay, potato starch and Diamond gluten meal — basal, . . 309 



Gluten feed — present experiments, ....... 310 



Gluten feed — earlier experiments, . . . . . . .311 



Diamond gluten meal, . . . . . . . . .312 



English hay fed with wheat gluten flour (to note effect of the wheat 



gluten flour), ......... 314 



Corn bran, . . . . . . . . . . - . 316 



Distillers' grains, . . . . . . . . . .317 



Feterita, 318 



Alfalfa 319 



Roots and vegetables, . . . . . . . . .319 



Cabbage . 319 



Carrots 321 



Mangels 322 



Pumpkins, ......... . 323 



Turnips, ........... 324 



Comparative summary, ........ 325 



Vegetable ivory meal, ......... 325 



Vinegar grains, .......... 326 



New Bedford garbage tankage, ........ 327 



New Bedford pig meal, ......... 328 



Rowen 328 



Soy bean hay, .......... 329 



Stevens' "44" Dairy Ration, ........ 329 



Sudan grass, . . . . . . . . . . . 330 



Sweet clover, ........... 333 



Complete summary of the averages of all coefficients, .... 334 



