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TABLE XXIV. 

 COMPOSITION OF THE FOODS. 



COMPOSITION AS FED. 



££ 03 



Hay (assumed) 



Southern corn fodder (or silage) 

 Field corn fodder (or silage) . . . 

 Mixed grains, fed steers 1 and 2 : 

 Lot mixed August 25, 1893 



December 20, 1893 . . 



January 22, 1894 



February 23, 1894 . . . 



April 4, 1894 



June 16, 1894 



August 22, 1894 



October 20, 1S94 



December 31, 1894.. 



February 4, 1895 .... 



April 30, 1895 ..... 



June 11, 1895 



Average 



Mixed grains, fed steers 3 and 4 : 

 Lot mixed August 25, 1S93 



December 20, 1893 . . 



February 23, 1893... 



April 4, 1S93 



June 16, 1893 



August 22, 1893 



October 20, 1893 



Average 



% 

 13.0 



84.0 



SO. 5 



11.34 

 11.25 

 11.32 

 10.90 

 10.95 

 10.56 

 9.88 

 9.84 

 12.54 

 14.15 

 11.67 

 10.76 



11.2 



12.79 

 12.39 

 11.94 

 11.65 

 11.02 

 10.47 

 10.34 



% 

 4.12 



1.2 



1.2 



3.98 

 4.28 

 4.55 

 4.87 

 4.81 

 4.52 

 4.61 

 4.29 

 4.10 

 4.19 

 4.17 

 4.18 



6.76 



1.8 



2.4 



19.37 

 21.43 



25.18 

 24.62 

 25.18 

 26.06 

 25.94 

 25.35 

 24.19 

 23.44 

 27.44 

 26.62 



% 

 28.55 



4.4 



4.1 



6.07 

 6.71 

 7.48 

 7.77 

 7.19 

 7.02 

 7.25 

 7.11 

 7.49 

 7.38 

 7.37 

 7.21 



4.4 



3.20 

 2.70 

 3.39 

 3.35 

 3.30 

 2.91 

 2.50 



24.6 



11.75 



11.90 



11.50 



12. 6S 



11.8 



12.25 



12.06 



7.2 



3.84 

 4.42 



4.71 

 4.87 

 4.62 

 4.26 

 3.91 



11.5 



3.1 



12.00 



4.4 



% 

 44.66 



8.2 



11.3 



53.51 

 51.16 

 45.93 



46.70 

 46. S4 

 48.35 

 48.38 

 4S.97 

 48.58 

 48.32 

 47.15 

 47.79 



48.5 



63.73 

 64.34 

 64.01 

 62.80 

 66.43 

 65.44 

 66.91 



64. S 



% 

 2.91 



.4 



.5 



5.73 

 5.17 

 5.54 

 5.14 

 5.03 

 3.49 

 3.94 

 4.44 

 3.10 

 2.52 

 2.20 

 3.44 

 4.1 



4.69 

 4.25 

 4.45 

 4.65 

 2.76 

 4.67 

 4.28 

 4.2 



The digestion coefficients used are stated below and are the aver- 

 ages of German and American results in the case of the corn meal 

 and linseed meal, and the American averages alone for the bran, 

 hay and silage. The coefficients for the mixtures are calculated 

 from the coefficients of the single grains. 



