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relative value of the more common feeding-stuffs the fol- 

 lowing tables are given. 



The first table shows the average percentage composi- 

 tion of feeding-stuffs as taken from Henry's, Jordan's 

 and Lindsay's Compilations. The second table, taken 

 from the same source, shows the average percentage of 

 digestible nutrients. 



TABLE No. 1. 



Average Composition of Feeding-stuffs — Per Cent. 



(Henry's, Jordan's and Lindsay's Compilations.) 



Dry 

 Matter Water 



Corn 89.4 10.6 



Corn Meal 85. ]5.0 



Corn Bran 90.6 9.4 



Corn Chops 87.2 32.3 



Hominy Meal 90.4 9.6 



Gluten Feed 90.S 9.2 



Corn and Cob .Meal 84.9 15.1 



Corn Cob 89.3 10.7 



Oats 89.6 10.4 



Oat Middlings 91.2 8.8 



Oat Feed . '. 93.0 7.0 



"Wheat 89.5 10.5 



Wheat Bran 88.1 11.9 



Wheat Middlings (shorts) 88.8 11.2 



Flour Middlings 90.0 10.0 



Shipstuff 89.1 10.9 



Barley 89.2 10.8 



Buckwheat 86.6 13.4 



Buckwheat Feed 88.4 11.6 



Brewers' Dried Grains... 91.3 8.7 



Distillers' Dried Grains .. 92.4 7.6 



Malt Sprouts 90.5 9.5 



Flax Seed 90.8 9.2 



Linseed Meal (O. proc's) 90.2 9.8 



Linseed Meal (N. proc's) 91.0 9.0 



Cottonseed 89.7 10.3 



Cotton Seed Meal 93.0 7.0 



Alfalfa Hay 91.6 8.4 



Dried Beet Pulp 91.6 8.4 



Meat Scraps 89.3 10.7 



Molasses Feed 89.6 10.4 



