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APPENDIX 



Table II. — Average Digestion Coefficients for Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per 



Cent 



Feeding stuffs 



Dry 



matter 



Crude 

 protein 



Fat 



Fiber 



Nitrogen- 

 free extract 



A. Roughage: 

 Green Feeds: 



Alfalfa 



Barley fodder 



Canada field pea 



Cow pea 



Hungarian grass 



Indian corn 



Oat fodder 



Oats and vetch 



Orchard grass 



Pasture grass . . , 



Peas and oats 



Red clover 



Red top 



Rye fodder 



Sorghum 



Soybean 



Sudan grass 



Sweet clover 



Timothy 



Vetch, winter 



Hay from Grasses and 

 Cereals: 



Barley ha,f 



Bermuda hay 



Corn stover 



Fodder corn 



Hungarian grass 



Kentucky blue grass . . . 



Johnson grass 



Kafir fodder 



Milo fodder 



Mixed grasses 



Oat hay 



Orchard grass 



Red top 



Rowen, mixed 



Sudan grass 



Sweet Sorghum 



Timothy 



Hay from Legumes: 



Alfalfa 



Alsike clover 



Cow pea 



Crimson clover 



Peas and oats 



Red clover 



Soybean 



Sweet clover hay 



Vetch, winter 



60 

 66 

 68 

 68 

 67 

 68 

 60 

 67 

 58 

 69 

 65 

 66 

 60 

 73 

 67 

 60 

 70 

 69 

 64 

 62 



61 



54 

 57 

 •64 

 65 

 56 

 57 

 59 

 52 

 57 

 49 

 57 

 60 

 64 

 58 

 67 

 57 



62 

 62 

 59 

 58 

 61 

 58 

 62 

 61 

 69 



71 

 72 

 82 

 76 

 64 

 60 

 72 

 75 

 60 

 66 

 76 

 67 

 62 

 79 

 47 

 75 

 72 

 78 

 48 

 71 



65 

 52 

 36 

 50 

 •60 

 57 

 41 

 46 

 16 

 59 

 54 

 60 

 61 

 69 

 58 

 64 

 47 



74 

 66 

 65 

 69 

 73 

 58 

 71 

 75 

 82 



38 

 60 

 52 

 59 

 66 

 74 

 69 

 47 

 55 

 55 

 68 

 65 

 53 

 75 

 74 

 54 

 73 

 51 

 53 

 59 



40 

 42 

 70 

 74 

 64 

 52 

 38 

 60 

 63 

 49 

 62 

 54 

 51 

 47 

 29 

 74 

 52 



40 

 50 

 50 

 43 

 59 

 56 

 29 

 31 

 70 



43 

 61 

 62 

 60 

 71 

 60 

 53 

 68 

 61 

 74 

 60 

 53 

 61 

 79 

 59 

 47 

 76 

 60 

 56 

 44 



62 

 52 

 64 

 62 

 68 

 66 

 66 

 60 

 51 

 60 

 44 

 60 

 61 

 67 

 68 

 74 

 53 



46 

 54 

 43 

 47 

 58 

 54 

 61 

 34 

 61 



72 

 71 

 71 

 81 

 68 

 74 

 63 

 68 

 56 

 73 

 68 

 78 

 63 

 70 

 75 

 73 

 69 

 69 

 66 

 76 



63 

 51 

 58 

 68 

 67 

 61 

 57 

 67 

 61 

 59 

 52 

 55 

 62 

 66 

 51 

 68 

 62 



72 

 71 

 71 

 65 

 61 

 65 

 69 

 72 

 73 



