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Average Digestion Coefficients of First Cutting Alfalfa Hay of 

 Crop of 1905. 



Dry 

 matter 

 Experiment VII . 



Sheep K 57.82 



Sheep KK 59.08 



Experiment VIII 



Sheep K 62.55 



Sheep KK 62.11 



Ash 



44.84 

 46.57 



49.20 

 42.77 



Ether Crude 

 extract fiber 



Nitrogen- 

 Crude free 

 protein extract 



31.05 

 34.38 



40.34 



38.55 

 42.59 



47.19 

 49.14 



75.33 

 74.33 



78.60 

 77.06 



71.25 



70.90 



72.55 

 72.50 



AVERAGE 60.39 45.85 35.29 44.37 76.33 71.8O 



Average Digestion Coefficients of Second Cutting Alfalfa Hay of 

 Crop of 1905. 



Nitrogen- 

 Ether Crude Crude free 

 Ash extract fiber protein extract 



Dry 

 matter 

 Experiment IX 



Sheep K 65.01 



Sheep KK 67.02 



Experiment X 



Sheep K 66.57 



Sheep KK 66.03 



52.33 

 55.16 



54.62 

 54.41 



39.87 

 47.86 



48.71 

 49.56 



48.42 

 52.64 



46.16 

 46.07 



79.04 

 78.55 



81.14 

 79.56 



76.35 

 77.07 



78.98 

 78.40 



AVERAGE 66.16 54.13 46.5O 48.32 79.57 77. 7O 



Average Digestion Coefficients of Second Cutting Alfalfa, All 

 Experiments. 



Nitrogen- 

 Dry 

 matter 

 Experiment I 



Sheep K 63.64 



Sheep KK 63.49 



Experiment II 



Sheep K 60.17 



Sheep KK 59.80 



Experiment Ill- 

 Sheep K 66.56 



Sheep KK 66.67 



Experiment IX 



Sheep K 65.01 



Sheep KK 67.02 



Experiment X 



Sheep K 66.57 



Sheep KK ...66.03 



AVERAGE 64U50 55.35 43.32 46.23 79.63 75.53 



The maximum, minimum, and average digestion coef- 

 ficients of alfalfa hay, as given by Jordan and Hall, are as 

 follows : 



Nitrogen- 

 Ether Crude Crude free 

 extract fiber protein extract 

 54.0 49.0 77.0 71.8 



48.4 43.3 68.8 64.0 



Dry 

 matter 



Maximum 60.2 



Minimum 57.0 



Ash 

 40.9 



51.0 



46.0 



72.0 



69.2 



Average 58.9 39.5 



These figures are based upon the following experiments: 

 One by the New York Experiment Station using a cow; one 



