LIST OF TABLES. 



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TABLE I. Digestibility of oats for horses and cattle 9 



II. Coefficients of digestibility 9 



III. Total and digestible nutrients 10 



IV. Metabolizable energy of nutrients per pound 11 



V. Metabolizable energy 12 



VI. Comparison of metabolizable energy a^d production value of 



nutrients per pound " 13 



VII. Production value of nutrients of foods 14 



VIII. Production value of various foods expressed according to three 



methods 14 



IX. Comparative nutritive value and nutritive ratio of grains 16 



X. Typical United States oats 19 



XI. United States and Canadian oats, 1893 19 



XII. United States oats, 1906 19 



XIII. Swedish Select oats 20 



XIV. Miscellaneous introduced varieties of oats HO 



XV. Foreign oats 20 



XVI. Group values for digestible nutrients, production value, and 



nutritive ratio of oats, domestic and foreign -21 



XVII. Comparison of domestic and foreign grown oats of the same varieties 22 



XVIII. Oats analyses average results 24 



XIX. Comparison of oats and maize as typical energy-producing and fat- 

 producing cereals 27 



Different varieties of domestic oats compared with foreign oats. ... 29 

 Comparison of the total and digestible nutrients of emmer, einkorn, 



and oats 31 



XXII. Emmer and einkorn analyses average results 31 



XXIII . Wheat digestible nutrients, production value, and nutritive ratio. 32 



XXIV. Wheat analyses average results 33 



XXV. Rye total and digestible nutrients, production value, and nutri- 

 tive ratio. 34 



XXVI . Rye analyses average results 35 



XXVII. Comparison of barley analyses by groups, domestic and foreign 36 



XXVIII. Barley digestible nutrients averaged by groups, domestic and 



foreign 36 



XXIX. Comparison of domestic and foreign barley, averaged by varieties. . 37 



XXX. Barleys arranged in order of protein content 38 



XXXI. Barley analyses average results 39 



XXXII. Group averages of total and digestible nutrients of proso, sorghum, 



and maize 41 



XXXIII. Proso, sorghum, and maize analyses average results for the United 



States 42 



XXXIV. Maize digestible nutrients averaged by groups 43 



XXXV. Oat group digestible nutrients 43 



XXXVI. Wheat group digestible nutrients 44 



XXXVII. Maize group digestible nutrients 44 



XXXVIII. Oats individual analyses 48 



XXXIX. Emmer individual analyses 55 



XL. Einkorn individual analyses 56 



XLI. Wheat individual analyses *. 56 



XLII. Rye individual analyses 57 



XLIII. Barley individual analyses , 58 



XLI V. Proso individual analyses 62 



XLV. Sorghum individual analyses 63 



XLVI. Maize individual analyses 64 



