Aug., 1925] inspection of feeding stuffs 7 



DIGESTIBILITY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING 

 THE VALUE OF FEED 



Not all of the protein, carbohydrates, and fat in the 

 different feeding-stuffs are digestible. In comparing the 

 feeding value of the different classes of feeds consideration 

 must be given to their relative digestibility. The co- 

 efficient of digestibility is a term which expresses the per- 

 centage amount of the food nutrients which are digested 

 and absorbed by the animal. Table No. 3 gives a summary 

 of the average results for some of our common feeding- 

 stuffs. These data are available for the pure grains and 

 feeds, but because the various proprietary feeds are not 

 standardized there are no data for them. 



