AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Digestion Coefficients for Gluten Meal and Wheat Bran. 





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84.7 

 90.2 



86.3 

 91.9 





90.2 

 83. 



33.4 



88.2 

 93.5 



85.6 

 90.1 









87-4 

 65.3 

 54.4 



89.1 



68.5 

 59.5 



86.6 



82.7 

 81.5 



82^7 



73.7 



46.9 

 25.5 



36.2 



90.8 



69.6 

 58.6 



87.8 



Wheat Bran, Sheep 1 



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59.5 

 68.6 









59 8 



58.8 



64. 



62.8 



64.1 



67.5 



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82.6 











* See Rep. Me. Exp. Station, 1889, p. 61. 



Summary of Digestion Coefficients. 



Hungarian Grass. ... 



Hungarian Hay 



So. Corn Fodder 



Field Corn Fodder. . 

 Sweet Corn Fodder. 



Timothy Hay 



Timothy Hay 



Sugar Beets 



Mangolds 



Rutabagas 



Eng. Flat Turnips.. 



Gluten Meal 



Wheat Bran 



63.4 

 65. 



69.4 

 TO. 6 

 69.7 

 58.5 

 59.1 

 94.5 

 78.5 

 87.2 

 92.8 

 87-4 

 59.8 



65-6 

 66.3 

 70-6 

 72.4 

 73.5 

 60.1 

 60.2 

 98.7 

 84.8 

 91.1 

 96.1 

 89.1 



3o.5 

 47.4 

 57.4 

 52.9 

 39.4 

 29.6 

 39-7 

 31.9 

 16.4 

 31.2 

 58.6 



62.4 



60. 



65.4 



61.8 



61.8 



44.1 



47.5 



91.3 



74.7 



80.3 



89.7 



86.6 



82.1 



fe 



67.8 

 67.6 

 74.2 

 75.6 

 76.7 

 56.4 

 54.8 



100.7 

 42.8 

 74.2 



103. 



36.2 



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65.8 

 67.1 

 69.5 

 72.6 

 72.1 

 63.6 

 64.7 

 99.9 

 91.3 

 94.7 

 96.5 

 90.8 

 64.1 



52.3 



63.8 

 70.9 

 70.2 

 76.4 

 74.3 

 69.8 

 49.9 



84.2 

 97.5 

 87.8 

 64. 



(1 ) The Hungarian Grass, both when fed green and after 

 drying, proved to be more digestible than the average of other 

 grasses— notably more so than Timothy. 



(2.) The drying of the Hungarian Grass into hay did not 

 diminish its digestibility. This is in accordance with all 

 former experience. 



(3.) The corn plant as cut for the silo is one of the most 

 digestible of fodder plants, rating in these experiments as 

 compared with Timothy as 100 : 120. Sixty per cent, of the 

 dry organic matter of Timothy was digested, while with the 

 various corn fodders the average was seventy-two per cent. 



