Appendix. 



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AVERAGE COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTIBILITY. 



A brief table giving the coefficients of digestibility of important feeding 

 materials. Taken from the " Feeding of Animals" (Jordan). 



Digestion by Ruminants. 



Timothy (hay) 

 Alfalfa (hay).. 

 Oat (grain) . . . 

 Barley " ... 

 Corn 



Digestion by Horses. 

 43.5 44.1 34.0 



58.0 



69.0 



87.0 



89.0 



Digestion by Swine. 



21.2 

 73.0 

 79.0 

 80.0 

 75.6 



42.6 

 40.0 

 29.0 



46!6 



47.3 

 70.0 

 75.0 



87.0 

 95.7 



