FUNDAMENTALS OF FEEDING 



233 



AVERAGE DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED WITH POULTRY 



TO DATE 





II 



KJ 



' These results should be taken as more or less tentative 

 until further work has been done and the final results based 

 on the averages of a great many analyses. 



It is noted with interest that this compilation gives a 

 higher coefficient for corn than for wheat. If this finding 

 should prove to be final it would mean that the value of the 

 protein in the corn was about 8% greater than that of 

 wheat; the carbohydrates about 5% greater, and the fat or 

 ether extract about 66% greater. These results are not 

 presented as final, but rather as a record to date of progress 

 in a very important line of research. On the whole, the 

 work indicates that the digestibility of foods may not vary 

 a great deal whether fed to poultry or to livestock. 



