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pmtAin Carbo- F , Crude Total dry 



eui - hydrates. at ' fibre. matter. 



Sainfoin hay ... ... 70 74 68 36 62 



Wheat straw ... ... 11 38 31 52 43 



Eye straw ... ... 21 37 32 60 46 



Oat straw ... ... 30 44 33 54 48 



Barley straw ... ... 20 54 42 56 53 



Pasture grass, green ... 70 73 63 76 71 



Timothy grass, green ... 50 64 47 52 58 



Green oats, in bloom ... 75 63 70 60 64 



Red clover, green ... 67 78 65 53 66 



Crimson clover, green ... 77 74 66 56 69 



Lucerne, green ... 81 76 52 45 67 



Potatoes ... ... 61 90 85 



Mangolds ... ... 77 96 88 



Turnips ... ... 90 97 98 100 93 



Swedes ... ... 80 95 84 74 87 



Cows' milk ... ... 94 98 100 98 



II. For Pigs. 



Maize meal ... ... 86 95 76 40 92 



Pea meal ... ... 89 95 50 78 90 



Barley meal ... ... 76 90 65 15 82 



Wheat ... ... 70 74 60 30 72 



Wheat bran ... ... 75 . 66 72 34 61 



Wheat sharps ... ... 73 87 37 77 



Potatoes ... ... 73 98 55 93 



Dried blood ... ... 72 92 72 



Flesh meal ... ... 97 87 92 



Sour milk ... ... 96 99 95 95 



Pigs have the power of digesting large proportions of highly 

 concentrated foods, but the shortness of their digestive canals 



seriously lessens the amounts of "crude fibre" and of bulky 

 fodder which they can digest. 



Horses show similar inferiority in digestive power when 



compared with ruminants. With protein, however, they are 

 practically as well able to deal ; but with carbohydrates, fats, 

 and fibre they are distinctly inferior to sheep. 



The quantity of food supplied to an animal has little 



