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The total dry matter of the carrots appears to be more fully digestible 

 and the dry matter of the pumpkin less digestible than that of the mangels, 

 turnips and cabbage, the coefficients of which are quite uniform. The 

 protein shows a high and uniform digestibility excepting that contained 

 in the mangels. The fiber — excepting in the pumpkins, with its hard 

 shell and seed covering — is shown to be quite well digested, as is also the 

 extract matter. The fat is not of much consequence excepting in the 

 pumpkin, which contains over 12 per cent, with a high digestion coefficient. 

 On a uniform moisture basis of 88 per cent., the total digestible organic 

 nutrients (including the fat multiplied by 2.2) do not vary widely from 

 each other, with the exception of the carrots, which merit further study. 



