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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



Composition and Digestibility of Pea Meal. 

 Peas are one of our most highly nitrogenous vegetable foods, 

 as is shown by numerous analyses. The number of analyses of 

 peas made in this country is very small so far, however, and it is 

 worth while to inquire a little more fully into the composition of 

 the American product. 



The peas, the analysis of which follows, and which were used in 

 the digestion experiments herewith described, were bought in the 

 Bangor market under the name of Canada Peas, being a small, 

 smooth variety. Their composition is stated helow : 

















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In the case of this particular lot of peas over one-fourth of the 

 dry substance consists of nitrogenous material, which is more 

 than twice the amount found in corn meal, a fact that points to 

 peas as a Maine product well adapted to feeding young animals 

 or milch cows. 



Digestibility of Peas. During the period that Sheep 3 and 

 4 were being fed for the determination of the digestibility of 

 Southern Corn Ensilage, Sheep 1 and 2 were fed daily, 1500 

 grams of the same ensilage and 400 grams of pea meal. The 

 digestibility of the ensilage being ascertained by the use of the first- 

 named sheep, it becomes possible to calculate the digestibility of 

 the peas in the latter case, the usual data being obtained. 



