Digestibility of the Pomace {Per Cent.) 



The above figures mean that 71.5 per cent of the total dry 

 matter, 64.4 per cent, of the total fiber, etc., contained in the 

 pomace are digested. The total dry matter in apple pomace is 

 shown to be about as digestible as in the best grades of silage. 

 The protein content of the pomace is small — about 1 per cent — 

 and it has not been possible, by present methods, to ascertain its 

 digestibility. Judging from the composition and digestibility of the 

 pomace, one would feel justified in assuming that, pound for pound, 

 it should approach in feeding value an average quality of corn silage. 



(c) Experiments unth Dairy Animals. 

 While this station has not carried out any exhaustive compara- 

 tive tests with pomace and other coarse feeds, it has fed the 

 pomace a number of seasons to dairy animals. The material was 

 drawn fresh from the mill, and placed in a large pile under cover. 

 A noticeable quantity of juice gradually drained from it, but it 

 kept in good condition for two months. The animals received 

 from 15 to 30 lbs. daily, ate it readily, and the results were quite 

 satisfactory. In one case two cows were fed alternately, four 

 weeks at a time, on grain and hay, and on grain, hay and pom- 

 ace; 25 pounds of pomace were compared with 5 pounds of hay. 

 During the pomace period the animals produced 1,153 pounds of 

 milk, and gained 24 pounds in live weight; during the hay period 

 1,138 pounds of milk and lost 6 pounds in weight. 0;i this basis 

 5 pounds of pomace were more than equivalent to 1 pound of 

 hay. Judging from this feeding test, and from the composition 

 and digestibility of the pomace, it seems probable that every 

 4 to 5 pounds, when fed in what is termed a "balanced ration," 

 would be equal in feeding value to 1 pound of good cow hay. 



