Digestion Coefficient* of Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per Cent 

 (Various authorities) 



Feeding Stuffs 



Dry 



Matter 



Protein 



Fat 



Fiber 



X-free 



Extract 



Green alfalfa 61 74 39 43 



Timothy hay 55 48 50 50 



Meadow hay 61 57 50 62 



Alfalfa hay." 62 72 43 47 



Red clover hay 61 62 62 49 



Indian com iodder (cured) 66 45 70 63 



Cornstalks 57 36 67 64 



Oat straw 48 33 36 54 



Com silage 66 51 82 65 



Mangels 87 70 37 



Sugar beets 72 34 



Corn meal 88 66 91 



Com-and-cob meal 79 52 84 45 



Oats 70 89 31 



Barley 86 70 89 50 



Mflomaue.. 80 57 88 100 



Buckwheat feed l 62 67 70 36 



Grain screenings 79 75 94 65 



Wheat bran 66 77 63 41 



Wheat middlings, flour 82 88 86 36 



Wheat middlings, standard (shorts)... 77 88 30 



Red dog flour 87 88 36 



Peameal 87 83 55 26 



Gluten feed 87 85 82 76 



Brewers' grains, dried 62 80 90 50 



Distillers' grains, dried 79 73 95 95 



Linseed meal (O. P.) 79 89 89 57 



Cottonseed meal 77 83 94 35 



Cottonseed hulls 41 6 79 47 



Coconut meal 80 78 97 63 



Beet pulp, plain dried 77 51 . . 72 



Beet pulp, molasses 83 62 .. 80 



Cane molasses (blackstrap) 78 32 



Skimmilk 98 95 00 



Tankage 92 97 187 



7-2 

 62 

 62 

 72 

 69 



73 

 59 

 46 

 71 

 95 



97 

 92 

 88 

 77 

 92 



84 

 71 

 85 

 71 

 88 



78 



88' 



94 



89 



60 



81 



78 

 78 

 34 

 83 



86 



91 



90 



100 



- 'Calculated. 



* Assumed. 



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