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connection with the reservation that different animals have 

 different power of digesting different constituents of food in 

 different mixtures, and the figures therefore give only a 

 general idea. 



Fat. Proteids. 



75% 

 35 



20,, 



45 



Cereal grains ... 85% 



Pulse grains ... 80 



Cereal straw ... 



Pulse straw ... 



(not too ripe) 



Hay ... ... 50 



Oil-cake ... .... 9 8o 



Potatoes ... 90,, 72,, 



1,097. ^ e t us now f in< ^ out ^ e albuminoid ratio or nutri- 

 tive relation of Bengal gram (Cicer Arietinum). Its average 

 composition is 



Moisture ... io'6% (the nutritive* value of which is to 



be neglected). 

 Oil ... ... 4*4% (which is equivalent to 4-4 x 2-3 of 



starch). 



Albuminoids ... i7' J % 



Other Nitrogenous 



matter. 



Carbohydrates 

 Woody fibre ... 6-3% 

 Mineral matter ... 27% (the nutrient value of which is to be 



neglected). 



1,098* From the table of digestibility given above we 

 conclude that 



80 per cent, of the fat which has been reduced to car- 

 bohydrates as 4-4 x 2-3 is digestible, also, that 90 per cent, 

 of the carbohydrates the proportion of which is 57 per cent, 

 is digestible, also, that 60 per cent, of the fibre (6-3 per 

 cent), and 90 per cent, of the other nitrogenous matter 



i '5% (which may be reckoned as equal to 



starch). 

 57% 



