TABLE IV. 



COMPARATIVE FEEDING VALUES. 



TABLE V. 



EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE. 



(a) Feeding values : Ashasalready been stated the concentrated ; 

 feeds are valuable chiefly in proportion to the protein they contain. 

 An exception to this has already been alluded to in case of Class IV. 

 This class has practically the type of composition of the various 

 coarse fodders, differing in that they are nearly free from cellulose 

 or fibre and consequently are much more digestible. They are there- 

 fore to be used more as producers of fat, heat and energy, than as 

 furnishers of protein. 



The concentrated feeds in the above table are divided into four 

 different classes, depending on the quantity of protein they furnish. 

 Those in Class I are highest ; those standing first in their class are 

 richest in protein, and those last poorest, etc- For practical purposes 

 in combining the various concentrated feeds into rations, those in each 

 class may be regarded as having equal feeding values, the market 



*Bran strictly speaking is a coarse feed, being but 60 per cent digestible. As it 

 is generally purchased and fed with concentrated feeds, it is also classified here. 



