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N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 205 



TABLE NUMBER 2 



Alafalfa Meals . . . 



Beet Pulps 



Calf Meals 



Compounded Feeds 

 Cottonseed Meals . 



Dairy Feeds 



Distiller's Grains . 

 Flaxseed Meals . . . 



Gluten Feeds 



Hog Feeds 



Hominy Feeds 

 Miscellaneous Feeds 



Poultry Feeds 



Wheat Feeds 



Total 



WHAT DOES THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS MEAN? 



In a feed analysis the following- determinations are 

 usually made: protein, fat, carbohydrates, ash, moisture 

 and crude fiber. 



Protein is determined by finding the percentage of total 

 nitrogen and multiplying this by the factor 6.25, since it 

 has been found that the average proteins contain 16 per 

 cent, nitrogen. While this includes small amounts of cer- 

 tain other compounds which contain nitrogen, for all 



