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In Table 5 below are given the average coefficients obtained 

 in all published digestion experiments with poultry known to the 

 writer. The extremely low results given by Fields & Ford for 

 protein in corn and peas are omitted from the averages. Aside 

 from the results obtained at this Station figures were taken from 

 the following authors and sources : Fields & Ford, Bulletin 

 46, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma. Brown. 

 Bulletin 56, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Paraschutschuk. Journ. f. Landwirtsch. Berlin 

 50 J. Heft. I, 9. Mai p. 15-32. 1902. Knieriem, Grost, 

 Landwirtsch. Jahrb. Berlin, Bd. 29, Heft 3, 2,z. Juni p. 52-, 

 1900. Voltz, Lehmann, Kalugin. Landwirtschaftlighe Jahr- 

 bucher. Bd. 38, p. 553, 1909. 



Table 5. 

 Average of Digestion CoefUcients Obtained zvith Poultry 



to Date. 



0o| 



Bran, wheat 



Beef scrap 



Beef, (lean meat) 



Barley 



Buck wheat 



Corn, whole 



Corn, cracked . . . 



Corn, meal 



Clover ... , 



India wheat 



Millet 



Oats 



Peas 



Wheat, 



Rye 



Potatoes 



46.70 

 80.20 

 87.65 

 77.17 

 69.38 

 86.87 

 83.30 

 83.10 

 27.70 

 72.70 



62.69 

 77.07 

 82.26 

 79.20 

 78.83 



71.70 

 92.60 

 90.20 

 77.32 

 59.40 

 81.58 

 72.20 

 74.60 

 70.60 

 75.00 

 62.40 

 71.31 

 87.00 

 75.05 

 66.90 

 46.94 



46.00 



85.09 

 86.99 

 91.32 

 88.10 

 86.00 

 14.30 

 83.40 

 98.39 

 90.10 

 84.80 

 87.04 

 86.70 

 84.46 



H l^i 



37.00 

 95.00 

 86.30 

 67.86 

 89.22 

 88.11 

 87.60 

 87.60 

 35.50 

 83.80 

 85.71 

 87.89 

 80.01 

 53.00 

 22.60 



