COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTION 



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-Digestion coefficients- 



No. ex- 

 perim'ts 



Kind and condi- 

 tion of food 



_ ^ . ^ Nitrogen- 

 Dry Organic Pro- free ex- 

 matter matter Ash tein Fiber tract Fat 



•Sn^o. ''" ^° ^° ^° ^° ^° % 

 Maize 



9. Dent corn 65.1 67.1 32.2 49.3 66.7 68.6 80 



6 . Flint com 73.1 76.1 32.9 62.8 75.1 76.9 81.8 



13 . Dent com, immature. . 65.6 67.4 34.3 51.3 70.6 67 4 80 2 

 10 . Dent and flint com, 



mature 70.8 73.6 30.3 56. 70. 76 1 82 4 



1 . Sweet com 68.1 70.1 31.9 54. 71.1 71.8 83.5 



MisceUaneov^ 



1 . Cowpea 59.6 63.4 30.3 57.5 52. 72.5 62.6 



1 . Soybean (steers) 49.8 53.8 28. 55.3 42.9 61.2 48.9 



1 . Soybean (goats) 59. 59.3 56.7 75.7 54.8 52. 71,9 



1 . Com and soybean 69. 71. . 65. 64.8 74.9 82.1 



1 . Millet and soybean 58.8 59.9 .. 58.4 69.4 59.2 72^2 



1 . Com, horse beans, and 



sunflower heads 65.6 67.8 41.1 62.7 60.1 72.4 76.7 



1 . Com, horse beans, and 



sunflower plants. . . . 65.5 69.3 25.6 58. 65.3 73.7 74.1 



Dkied Fodders 



Meadow Grasses 



1 . Black grass (Juncus 



bulbosus) 59.5 .. .. 63. 60.5 57. 41.5 



1 . Black grass (Juncus 



Gerardii) 53.4 52,1 69. 54.3 57.4 49. 45.7 



2 . Blue joint 54.3 55.8 29.4 63.4 54.5 55.9 44.7 



1 . Branch grass (,Spar- 



tina stricta glabra) ... 56. ■ . . . . 62.5 52. 54. 32. 

 1 . Branch grass (Distichlis 



spicata) 49.7 48.9 58.1 51.7 56.4 45.7 36.6 



1 . Chess or cheat 45. 47.3 23. 42. 46. 49. 32. 



2. Crab grass 53.6 55. 37.6 .. 59.1 54.5 46.8 



1 . Fox grass {Spartina 



patens) 54.8 54.5 58.2 59.3 57.4 53.1 36.4 



1 . Fox grass {Spartina 



juncea, etc.) 53 57. 51. 52. 24. 



1 . Flat sage 56.1 57.3 62. 51.8 60.4 55.1 36.1 



1 . Hungarian grass 65. 66.3 47.4 60. 67.6 67.1 63.9 



2 . Johnson grass 56.5 58.3 30.5 41.4 65.7 56.9 38.4 



1 . Bamyard millet 57.4 56.8 63.1 63.7 61.6 51.6 46.3 



1 . Cat-tail millet 62.3 61.6 68.4 62.6 66.5 59.1 46.1 



2 . Orchard grass 56.6 57.8 . . 59.5 60.4 55.4 53.8 



2. Red-top 59.7 61.2 29. 61.3 61.3 61.9 50.5 



1 . Red-top and sedge 46. 48.5 10 1 37.2 55.7 45.6 49. 



17 Timothy 56.5 57.9 32.8 46.9 52.5 62.3 52.2 



