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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



by this experiment, appears to be nearly as digestible as 

 average corn silage, and the protein even more so. 



Multiplying the percentage composition of the millet, as 

 given in a previous page, by the digestion percentages or 

 coefficients as stated above, one obtains the following per- 

 centages digestible in one hundred : — 



[Figures equal percentages, or pounds in 100 digestible.] 



Millet hay is assumed to contain 15 per cent, of water and 

 timothy hay 14 per cent. It is doul)tfal if the water content 

 of the millet could be brought as low as 15 per cent. 



The above figures tell the same story as those represent- 

 ing the composition of the several materials, namely, the 

 excess of fibre and the lack of extract matter in the millet, 

 as compared with the corn. While the green millet appears 

 to be as digestible as the green corn, tJiere is more digestible 

 fibre in the millet and correspond inc/1)/ less digestible extract 

 matter. The corn silage shows rather less digestible protein 

 than the millet and bean silage, and nearly twice as mm^h 

 digestible extract matter. There is not a great deal of 

 difference between the corn and bean silage and the corn 

 silage, excepting the increased amount of protein in the 

 former. 



