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not have as great a feeding effect as does a like amount con- 

 tained in the cereals. 



Sucrene Dairy Feed. — This is one of the so-called sugar 

 feeds, consisting of wheat, corn, oats and barley products (or 

 by-products), light oats, cotton-seed meal or other protein 

 concentrate, and one-fourth to one-third molasses. The sam- 

 ple tested contained (in dry matter) 18.48 per cent, protein 

 and 14.11 per cent, fiber. 



Summary of Digestion Coefficients (Per Cent.). 



Period IX. 



The sugar feed may be said to be but moderately digestible. 

 In total dry matter it is rather more digestible than bran, 

 but the protein in the latter has noticeably higher digestion 

 coefficients. It is decidedly less digestible than either flour 

 middlings or gluten feed, and either of the two latter feeds 

 would furnish digestible matter and especially digestible pro- 

 tein for less money than the Sucrene feed. 



Holstein Sugar Feed. — This feed appeared to be a mix- 

 ture of cereal products or by-products, molasses and some 

 cotton-seed meal. It contained rather less water than the 

 Sucrene, but was coarsej* and rather more sticky to handle. 



