BULLETIN No. 152 MAY, 1914 



MASSACHISETTS 



AGRICILTIRAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



THE DIGESTIBILITY OF CATTLE FOODS 



By J. B. LINDSEY and P. H. SMITH 



This bulletin contains the results of forty-seven single digestion 

 experiments with a variety of cattle feeds. The experiments in- 

 clude trials with English hay, corn meal, gluten feed, dried beet 

 pulp, cocoanut meal, cottonseed feed meal, wheat screenings, flax 

 shives, cocoa shells, fish meal, Molassine meal, Postum Cereal and 

 Mellen's Food residues. The hay, com and gluten were used as 

 basal rations, to which were added the materials to be tested. The 

 full data of each experiment are first given, and the results are 

 discussed in a separate chapter. 



The bulletin is not intended for general distribution but more 

 particularly for experiment station workers and others who will 

 utilize the data in determining the relative value of feeding stuffs. 



Requests for bulletins should be addressed to the 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Amherst, Mass. 



