April, 1912] 



FEEDING-STUFFS 



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TABLE No. 2. 



AvEKAGE Digestible Nutrients of Feeds — Per Cent. 

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



Dry 

 Matter 



Corn 81.35 



Corn Meal 74.8 



Corn Bran 63.42 



Corn Chops 78.00 



Hominy Meal 74.13 



Gluten Feed 79.0 



Corn and Cob Meal 67.07 



Corn Cob 52.67 



Oats 62.72 



Oat Middlings 82.08 



Oat Feed . '. 37.20 



Wheat 



Wheat Bran 58.15 



Wheat Middlings (shorts) 



Flour Middlings 73.8 



Shipstuff 65.04 



Barley 76.71 



Buckwheat 61.49 



Buckwheat Feed 



Brewers' Dried Grains 56.61 



Distillers' Dried Grains 73.00 



Malt Sprouts 70.59 



Flax Seed 69.92 



Linseed Meal (old process) . 71.26 



Linseed Meal (new process) . 74.62 



Cotton Seed 59.2 



Cotton Seed Meal 71.61 



Alfalfa Hay 



Dried Beet" Pulp 70.53 



Meat Scraps 83.05 



Molasses Feed 64.51 



The Constituents of Feeding-stuffs. 



In the complete chemical analysis of a feeding-stuff the 

 following determinations are made : moisture, ash, pro- 

 tein, fat, fibre, and nitrogen free extract. The value of a 

 feeding-stuff is generally based on the amount of protein 

 and fat it contains. For that reason these two constit- 

 uents are often the only ones determined. We are, how- 



