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Table IV. — Average Ration consumed per Cow (Pounds). 

 Experiment I. 



Experiment II. 



' As the corn meal contained 9 per cent more moisture than the apple pomace, 17 ounces of the 

 former were fed to each pound of the latter. 



Table V. — Estimated Dry Matter and Digestible Nutrients in Average 

 Daily Ration (Poiinds). 



Experiment I. 



Experiment II. 



Apple pomace, 

 Corn meal, 



1:6.951 

 1:6.30 



1 Assuming that the protein in apple pomace is 50 per cent digestible, these ratios would be 

 lowered to 1:8.4 and 1:6.4, respectively. 



The above figures are based upon analyses and average digestion co- 

 efficients. They show that the beet pulp and corn meal rations contained 

 slightly more total digestible nutrients than the corresponding apple pom- 

 ace ration, and also had narrower nutritive ratios. The former fact is 

 due to the less degree of digestibility of the apple pomace, and the latter 

 fact to its low protein content. 



