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APPENDIX 



TABLE VI 



AVERAGE WEIGHTS OF FEEDING STUFFS 



As a rule it is not practicable to weigh each ration, nor 

 is it necessary in practice, as measuring is sufficiently ac- 

 curate. To aid in approximating the weights of the 

 various foods, the following table of weights and meas- 

 ures is made up from Farmer's Bulletin, No. 222: 



Feeding stuffs 



One quart 

 weighs 



Pounds 



One pound 

 measures 



Quarts 



Corn, whole 



Com, meal 



Com, bran 



Com and cob meal 



Gluten meal 



Gluten feed 



Germ meal 



Hominy meal 



Distiller's dried grains 



Wheat, whole 



Wheat, ground 



Wheat, bran 



Wheat middlings (standard) . 



wheat middlings (flour) 



Buckwheat middlings 



Oats, whole 



Oats, ground 



Rye, whole 



Rye, meal 



Rye, bran 



Barley, whole 



Barley, meal 



Brewer's dried grains 



Malt sprouts 



Linseed meal, old process. . . . 

 Linseed meal, new process. . . 

 Cottonseed meal 



1.7 

 1.5 

 0.5 

 1.4 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 2.0 

 1.7 

 0.5 

 0.8 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.0 

 0.7 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 0.6 

 1.5 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 1.1 

 0.9 

 1.5 



0.6 

 0.7 

 2.0 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 0.8 

 0.7 

 0.9 

 1.2 

 O.S 

 O.S 

 2.0 

 1.3 

 0.8 

 0.8 

 1.0 

 1.4 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 1.8 

 0.7 

 0.9 

 1.7 

 1.7 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 0.7 



TABLE VII 



ENERGY VALUE AND DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS 

 IN FEEDING STUFFS 



In choosing foods and computing rations for farm 

 animals by the use of the energy values, it is necessary 



