DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS. 



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SUMMARY OF DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED IN THE EXPERI- 

 MENTS HERE REPORTED. 



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'3 



% 



% 



41.1 



62.7 



25.6 



58.0 



34.4 



5(5.3 



27.8 



44.4 



61.9 



78.7 



49.5 



76.9 











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Silage, mature flint corn, sunflower 

 heads and horse beans 



Silage, mature flint corn, sunflowers, 

 whole plant, and horse beans 



Silage, Sanford corn, partially mature 



Hay, mostly timothy 



Skimmed milk 



Corn meal (fed with hay) 



Corn meal (fed with hay and 

 skimmed milk) .' 



% 



% 



65.6 



67.8 



65.5 



69.5 



69.9 



72.5 



55.0 



57.0 



93.3 



93.6 



89.6 



90.7 



% 



60.1 



65.3 

 72.1 

 52.5 



% 



72.4 



73.7 



75.6 



62.3 



98.5 



95.3 



% 



76.7 



74.1 

 72.9 

 38.9 



92.5 

 98.1 



DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED FOR PROTEIN AFTER CORRECTION 

 FOR METABOLIC NITROGEN. 



Protein Left After 

 Treatment with 



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Coefficents 

 After Treat- 

 ment with 





I 



II 



III 



grams. 

 123.2 

 96.7 

 127.4 



grams. 

 80.4 

 67.0 

 84.6 



grams. 

 84.1 



71.7 

 77.4 



% 

 66.1 

 57.7 

 64.4 



% 

 64.6 

 54.6 

 67.5 





62.7 



84.4 



89.4 

 86.5 



62.2 



Corn meal (fed with hay) .. 



11 

 111 



116.3 

 124.9 



118.7 



82.9 

 77.2 



70.9 

 84.0 

 68.3 



90.4 

 92.1 

 89.1 





86.8 



95.6 



96. 5 

 97.1 



90.5 



Skimmed milk (fed with 



I 



II 

 III 



124.5 



90.8 

 108.9 



81.0 

 55.1 

 74.2 



73.9 

 53.8 

 61.2 



97.1 

 97.1 

 9S.4 





96.4 



91.6 



>:. . > 

 79.7 



97.5 



Corn meal (fed with hay, 



I 



II 



III 



130.0 

 141.3 

 137.1 



80.8 

 89.3 

 91.6 



71.4 

 76.6 

 74.7 



92.6 



:»:;.7 

 83.1 





85.7 











