OATS AS GRAIN AND FODDER. 



23 



THE DIGESTIBILITY OF OAT PRODUCTS. 



In additional to the chemical study of oats and oat products 

 reported in the preceding tables, digestion experiments with 

 sheep were made with the food materials the laboratpry numbers 

 of which are marked with the asterisk. The full data of these 

 digestion experiments have been printed in previous publications 

 of the Station. The final results of the coefficients thus obtained 

 are given in the table which follows : 



DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED FOR OAT PRODUCTS. 



3 









fii 

























3 



a 





s 







a 



a 













c 























03 



an 



Q 



be 



5 



~71 



< 



V 

















a 





<s 





hi 







c 



53 















'A 



a 



Oat hay, cut when in bloom . . . 



Oat hay, cut when grain was 

 in milk 



Oat hay, cut when grain was 

 in dough 



Oat hay, cut when part of 

 heads were in bloom, part 

 in milk 



Oat hay, cut when part of 

 heads were in milk, part in 

 dough 



Oat and pea hay 



Oat and pea silage 



Oat and vetch hay . 



Oat and pea hay 



Oats 



Oats 



Royal Oat Feed 





% 



% 



% 



4097 



54.3 



53.7 



48.6 



4096 



52. S 



54.0 



34. i 



4089 



53. S 



54. S 



41.0 



4127 



55.9 



57.3 



37.7 



4130 



55.2 



56.6 



38.2 



4174 



64.2 



62.5 



58.2 



4202 



65.5 



66.6 



52.4 



4217 



60.1 



60.2 



60.2 



4222 



5S.5 



58.5 



59.1 



4145 



69.2 



71.3 





4234 



71.5 



72.5 



44.5 



4245 



47.3 



48.1 



37.4 



% 



53.5 

 58.6 

 44.7 



63.6 



47.6 

 72.2 

 74.6 

 69.5 

 74.7 

 75.5 

 78.9 

 69.1 



% 



% 



59.9 



51.2 



50.3 



55.0 



49.4 



59.1 



54.5 



57.5 



52.5 



59.7 



63.0 



63.7 



61.3 



67.0 



51.5 



62.7 



51.8 



57.6 



30.8 



77.2 



31.2 



77.3 



33.1 



50.9 



% 



48.3 

 62.3 



64.5 



63.3 



71.6 

 54.4 

 75.0 

 73. S 

 64. S 



89 3, 



88.2 



