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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



THE FEEDING VALUE OF APPLE POMACE. 



BY J. B. LINDSKY. 



There is often considerable discussion in the agricultural 

 press and among farmers concerning the value of apple pomace 

 as a food for dairy and beef cattle. With a view to getting a 

 few positive data, this station instituted a number of experi- 

 ments, the results of which are here briefly stated. 



It will be seen from the above figures that apple pomace is a 

 carbohydrate feed similar to corn silage. It contains about the 

 same amount of water, rather less protein and fiber, and a larger 

 proportion of extract matter. Whether the extract matter in 

 the pomace is as valuable, pound for pound, as that contained 

 in the corn, has not been thoroughly demonstrated. 



(h) Digestibility of Apple Pomace. 

 The value of a feed cannot always be measured by its compo- 

 sition. A food is valuable as a source of nutrition only in so 

 far as its various constituents can be digested and assimilated. 

 This station has made two difi"erent experiments to ascertain 

 the digestibility of the pomace, and the detailed results are to 

 bo found in the seventeenth report of this station. The sum- 

 mar v follows : — 



