152 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan; 



Jltlas Meal. 



This meal has 80 per cent, of digestible matter. The pro- 

 tein is about 73 per cent, digestible. It is somewhat inferior 

 to the gluten meals in digestibility, although, with the ex- 

 ception of the increased percentage of cellulose present, it 

 resembles them in composition. The cellulose appears in 

 this test to have been all digested. This meal is a valuable 

 addition to our feed-stuif supply, if it can he bought at a 

 reasonable price. Additional digestion tests will be made. 



Peanut Feed. 



This material is unquestionably of inferior feeding value. 

 Its dry matter was but 32 per cent, digestible, and it con- 

 tained 54 per cent, of cellulose, of which but 12 per cent, 

 were digested. The fat and protein were quite well assimi- 

 lated, but the percentages contained — especially that of the 

 protein — w^ere comparatively small. The extract matter 

 was only 49 per cent, digestible. 



Soja-hean Meal. 



The test of this meal w^as not entirely satisfactory'^, the 

 variations in the percentages of cellulose and fat digestible 

 in case of the two sheep being too large. Wolff gives the 

 results of but two single trials with this meal, which corre- 

 spond fairly with the figures found in our trial. 



Rye Meal. 



"Wolff gives no direct digestion coefficients for rye. Our 

 results make it appear practically as digestible as the corn 

 meal, the protein even more so. 



Winter Wlieat Bran. 



The digestibility of this bran is practically the same as 

 the spring bran reported last year. As these two brans 

 appear to have also the same percentage composition, they 

 should be worth the same price per ton. Different seasons 

 might exert some influence on composition and digestibility. 



