GENERAL SUMMARY. 



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TABLE XXXIV. Maize digestible nutrients averaged by groups. 

 [Pounds p-r hundred pounds of dry matter.! 



1-ioin Table XXXIV it is seen that while the domestic maize 

 analv/ed in P.MM> U considerably lower in protein than the other 

 Tinted States sample-, and than the foreign, the difference between 

 dome-tic and foreign L r r;iin les not seem to be as marked in this 

 as with sumr of the other cereals. In the production value 

 the diM'erenee i- r\en less, the extreme variation being only 0.22 

 pound of lle>h '.rained. The nioM >triking point, however, is that 

 the production \alue is much higher and the nutritive ratio much 

 broader in the case of mai/e than for any other cereal. 



GENERAL SUMMARY. 



Considerinir. no\\ . the ireneral results in regard to the feeding value 

 of the cereal grains as obtained in this study it appears that, as feeding 

 material-, they fall into three claes typical of the three grains most 

 commonly u-ed. namely, wheat. oat>. and mai/e (or corn). Within 

 one or the other ,,f tiie-e irnmps all of the cereals may be included. 

 This i> equally true of tho-e Bruins commonly grown, such as barley 

 and rye. and of tho-e much less common, such as emmer and proso. 

 Collect im: the results Bfl L r i\cn in the tables of averages (Tables 

 X\ II1.XX11. XX1Y. XXVI. XXXI. XXXIIDit is seen how distinct 

 this irroupini: i-. 



'I' A H i H X X X V . Oat group digestible nutrients. 

 [Pounds per hundred pounds of dry matter.] 



