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is quickly performed, while it may be valuable diet for cattle, with their 

 prolonged process of digestion, including rumination, which is really 

 remastication. The following table from Warington's Chemistry of the 

 Farm indicates the amount of water, nitrogenous substances, fat, soluble 

 carbohydrates (starch, sugar, gums), fibre, ash, and albuminoids in the 

 foods which constitute the provender of farm animals, and most of these 

 foods are employed for feeding horses: 



PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OF ORDINARY FOODS 



