444 APPENDIX 



t Digestion coefficiente s 



Nitrogen- 

 No. ex- Kind and condi- Dry Organic Pro- free ex- 

 perim'ts tion of food matter matter Ash tein Fiber tract Fat 



% % % % % % % 

 Meadow Grasses — continued 



3 . Timothy, before or in 



bloom 60.7 61.5 44.2 56.8 58.8 64.3 58.4 



4 . Timothy, past bloom . . 53.4 54.5 30.3 45.1 47.1 60.4 51.9 



1 . Timothy rowen 62.2 64.4 66.4 68. 66.5 63.4 49.5 



2 . Wild-oat grass 64. 65.2 34.7 58.3 67.9 65.5 50.5 



2. Witch grass 61.2 62.3 40.9 58.6 62.8 65.6 67.2 



1 . Black grass and red- 



top (cove mixture).. . 54.6 54.3 67.5 47.9 59.7 53.2 40.3 



5 . Mixed grasses 57.1 58.8 . . ' 58.5 69.7 68.7 48.5 



Meadow hay — 



Best (G) 67. . . 65. 63. 68. 57. 



Medium (G) 61. .. 67. 60. 64. 53. 



Poor (G) 66. .. 50. 56. 59. 49. 



2 . Pasture grass 72.6 73.2 51.8 73.4 76.1 74.2 67.3 



1 . Swale hay 39 34. 33. 46. 44. 



1 . High-grown salt hay. . . 53 63. 50. 53. 47. 



1 . Salt-hay mixture 56.4 54.9 69.8 42.6 60.7 54.7 29.7 



2 . Eowen hay 64.4 65.8 46.6 . 69.1 66.6 66.2 47.4 



Cereal Planis 



1 . Barley hay 61.2 62.3 44.8 65.2 61.7 63 3 40. 



17 . Dent com fodder 64.3 66.1 30.7 50.4 62.2 68. 73.6 



7 . Flint com fodder 68.6 71.7 42.6 60. 74.9 70.3 71.4 



13 . Dent and flint com 



fodders (immature).. 63.9 65.7 37.2 51.7 66. 66.2 72.2 

 10 . Dent and flint com 



fodders (mature).... 68.2 70.7 30.6 56.1 65.8 72.2 73.9 



3 . Sweet com fodder 67.2 69.8 35.6 64.1 73.8 68.2 73.6 



5 . Com stover 57.2 59.1 32.6 35.9 64.2 57.9 70.4 



3 . New com product 58.1 59.2 38.7 46.7 57. 60.5 78.2 



2 . Topped com fodder. . . . 57.4 62.3 3.8 38.7 71. 57.9 67.4 

 1 . Com blades and husks. 63.8 67.1 22.6 47.7 72.9 66.4 68.1 

 2 . Com leaves (pulled 



fodder) 59.8 63.6 26.8 48.4 67.5 63. 59.9 



1 . Com husks 72. 74.2 16. 29.5 79.6 75. 32.5 



1 . Com butts 66.5 69.4 11.5 21. 73.5 69. 79.5 



1 . Oat hay 49.3 50.1 34.6 54.2 43.5 62. 61.9 



1 . Oat straw 60.3 52 57.6 63.2 38.3 



Bean straw 55. . . 49. 43. 67. 67. 



Wheat straw (G) 46. .. 23. 65. 39. 36. 



Rye straw (G) 48. 25. 63. 39. 29. 



Barley straw (G) 53. 26. 55. 64. 42. 



Rice straw (G) 47. .. 45. 57 32. 47. 



1 . Sorghum fodder (pulled) 63.1 64.8 29.5 60.8 70.4 64.6 46.7 



1 . Sorghum bagasse 60.6 62.2 13.4 13.7 63.8 64.8 46.4 



