fEEDIKG AND WATERIKG. 



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Connecticut Experiment Station. It shows the average quantities 

 of albuminoids, fat, nitrogen-free extract (or carbohydrates), fiber, 

 ash and water which have been found by analysis in all! our com- 

 mon feeding stuffs. Each band in the diagram represents one hun- 



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[Tue part of each of the first four elements that is digestible is indicated by the close 

 shading; the mora open lines show the proportion that is not digested.] 



Fig. 25. — APPROXIMATE VALUE OF VARIOUS STUFFS. 



dred pounds or one hundred per cent of the feed named in the 

 margin on the left. The proportional quantity of each food ingre- 

 dient which makes up this hundred pounds is shown in the way 

 indicated above the plate. Thus the massed perpendicular lines 

 denote albuminoids ; horizontal lines, fat ; oblique lines, running 

 downward toward the left, denote nitrogen-free extract ; while 



