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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



Below are given the coefficients of digestibility as found : 

 Digestion Coefficients of Corn Fodders. 







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So. Corn, Sheep 2 



70.3 



71.4 



58.2 



66.1 



74.9 



70-4 72.3 



" * 



68.6 

 69.4 



09.8 



56- 6 



04. 7 



73.6 



68.7 69.6 





70.6 

 73.7 



57 4 

 56.3 



65.4 



64 6 



74 .2 



69.5 70.9 



73-4 71.4 





71.8 



76.3 



" 3 



69.4 



71.1 



49.5 



59. 



75. 



71.9 69-1 





70.6 



72.4 52.9 



61.8 



75.6 



72.6 70.2 



Sweet Corn, ;>heep 2 



69.3 



73.2 1 37. 



60.2 



76.9 



71.8 78.3 



a U a 4. 



70.2 

 69.7 



73-9 41.9 



63.5 



76.6 



72.5 74.5 





73.5 39.4 



61. H 



76.7 



72.1 76.4 



Digestibility of Timothy Hay. 



Time of experiment, December, 1690, and February. 1801, 



Animals, Sheep. 



Daily rations, 700 grs. 



Total period, 12 days. 



Feces collected, last five clays. 



Two large lots of hay were taken from the mows, finely chopped 

 and thoroughly mixed. The digestibility of this material was 

 ascertained as work necessarily preliminary to a determination of 

 the digestibility of various roots, wheat bran and gluten meal. 

 The hay was very nearly all Timothy, a slight mixture of other 

 grasses being present. 



Analytical data. 



Composition of Timothy Hay. 





Air dry hav. 



Water-free .-ubstance. 









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CXL. Timothv Hav : 



7.63 



4-61 



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20-15 



4-i.334.40 



4.997-44 



32.ii450.l7 



4.-6 



CXLI. Timothy Hay..., 



.7.63 5-22 6.69 30-34 



46.323.80 



5.6.5 7.24 



32.-450.16 



4.11 



