388 Animal Husbandry 
PART VI 
DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN FEEDING STUFFS 
In calculating a ration for any class of farm animals, the diges- 
tible nutrients of the foods must be known, as it is the digestible 
part only that is of use to the animal. 
The following table from 
Henry’s “ Feeds and Feeding,” eleventh edition, gives a very com- 
plete list of American feeding stuffs and their digestible nutrients 
as well as the fertilizing constituents : — 
AVERAGE DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZING CONSTITUENTS 
DiaEsTisLtE NUTRIENTS 
FEeRtinizine Constirvu- 
Tora Nn 100 Las. ENTs IN 1000 Las. 
ie 
Name or Freep ae Car- : Phos- | 
ny 100 | rude, bohy- | Fat ye phorie | Potash 
Concentrates Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. 
Grains, seeds, and their parts 
Dent corn . 89.4} 7.8 | 66.8] 43) 16.5] 7.1] 5.7 
Flint corn . 88.7 | 8.0 | 66.2] 4.3 | 168] 7.1) 5.7 
Sweet corn 91.2/} 88 | 63.7] 7.0 | 186] 7.1) 5.7 
Corn meal . 85.0} 6.1 | 643] 3.5 | 14.7] 6.3] 4.7 
Corn cob 89.3 | 0.5 | 44.8 | —— 3.9] 0.6] 6.0 
Corn-and-cob meal | 84.9} 44] 60.0} 2.9] 18.6] 5.7| 4.7 
Gluten meal 90.5 | 29.7 | 42.5] 6.1] 548] 3.3! 0.5 
Gluten feed : 90.8 | 21.3 | 52.8 |} 2.9 | 40.0] 3.7] 0.4 
Hominy feed (chop) .| 90.4! 68] 60.5] 7.4] 168] 9.8| 49 
Germ oil meal . . « .| 91.4] 15.8 | 38.8] 10.8 | 34.7] 3.9} 2.1 
Corn bran . 90.6 | 6.0] 52.5] 48] 17.9| 10.1) 6.2 
Wheat . 89.5 | 88] 67.5] 1.5] 19.0] 5.5| 87 
High grade flour 87.6 | 10.6 | 65.1 | 1.0] 19.2] 5.7] 5.4 
Red dog flour. 90.1 | 16.2 | 57.0} 3.4 | 29.4 | ——| —— 
Flour wheat middlings | 90.0 | 16.9 | 58.6} 4.1 | 30.7] 12.2] 9.6 
Standard wheat aera 
(shorts) : 88.8 | 18.0 | 45.7 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 26.3] 15.3 
