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The station has made a study of the digestibility of a number of 

 proprietary feeds, and presents the following condensed state- 

 ment of results : 



Cost I lb. 



Digest. 



Org. Matter. 



Alfalfa Meal (Chapins)* 

 Biles Union Grains . 

 Buffalo Creamery Feed 

 H. O. Dairy. . . . 

 Green Diamond Sugarf 

 Holstein Sugar 

 Hammond Dairy 

 Molac Dairy 

 Sucrene Dairy . 

 Proteina* 

 Quaker Dairy . 

 Schumachers Stock 

 Average 5 Home Mixtures 

 for Comparison . 



5-1 

 7.8 



6.1 



3.8 

 1-12 



7-9 

 0.6** 



0.6** 



0.1 1 



2.8 



9.2 



7-5 

 8.7 



59-2 



66.7 



62.1 



60.3 



61.2 



62.0 



59-4 



58 



58 



56 



52 



65 



69.0 



17.0 



9.6 



12.4 



12.9 



10.5 



lO.O 



II. 9 



12.8 



10. o 



18.3 



16.8 



10.6 



7-S 



■50 



29.50 



27-75 



34.00 

 34-5° 



32.40 



$2.36 



2-53 

 2.40 



3.22 

 2.64 



2-33 



The above results show that only one proprietary feed — Biles 

 Union grains — substantially conformed to the requirements as 

 above outlined. This feed contained 17.8 pounds of digestible 

 protein, 66.7 pounds of digestible organic matter, and 9.6 pounds 

 of total fiber in 100. The other feeds showed from 7.5 to 16.1 

 pounds of digestible protein, from 52 to 62 pounds of digestible 

 organic matter and from 10 to 18 pounds of total fi-ber in 100. 

 Unground weed seeds were quite prominent in many of the mo- 

 lasses feeds. Most of the above feeds are quite expensive as a 

 source of digestible protein and furnish digestible matter at a 

 higher cost than it can be bought in the ordinary standard grains 

 and by-products. 



* A mixture of jijround alfalfa and grains or their by-products. 



t Not in market at present. 



** Estimated from average digestion co-efficients. 



X When grains were at highest prices. 



