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, Digestion coefficients ^ 

 Nitrogen- 

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

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



% % % % % % % 

 Cereals — continued ^ 



1 . H. 0. horse feed 70.1 72.6 .. 74.4 35.2 78.7 84. 



1 . Maize feed 87.1 87.1 . . 85.5 82.5 87.9 91.5 



1 . Maltsprouts 67.1 67.2 .. 80.2 32.9 68-1104.6 



1 . Quaker oat feed 62. 65.3 .. 81.1 42.6 67.4 89. 



1 . Victor com - and - oat 



feed 74.7 77.4 .. 70.8 48.3 83. 86.8 



7 . Wheat bran 62.3 65.7 . . 77.8 28.6 69.4 68. 



1 . Wheat bran and shorts. 60.2 60.7 7.5 75.8 18.3 64.3 45. 



3 . Wheat middlings 75. 78.5 .. 79.8 33.1 81.3 86.3 



Oil-bearing Seeds 



3 . Cottonseed hulls 39.8 40.5 23.2 .. 40. 41.1 85.7 



5 . Cottonseed meal 73.7 76.1 23.7 88.4 55.5 60.6 93.3 



1 . Linseed meal, old pro- 



cess 78.7 81.2 . . 88.8 57. 77.6 88.6 



2 . Linseed meal, new pro- 



cess 79.2 81.8 . . 85.2 80.4 86.1 96.6 



Miscellaneous 



1. Peanut feed 32.1 32.8 70.6 11.7 49.1 89.7 



1 . Rice meal 73.8 81.6 . . 61.9 . . 92.3 91.1 



Roots 



1 . Mangolds 78.5 84.8 16.4 74.7 42.8 91.3 



1 . Potatoes, raw 75.7 77. .. 44.7 .. 90.4 13. 



1 . Potatoes, boiled 80.1 81.2 .. 43.4 .. 92.1 



1 . Rutabagas 87.2 91.1 31.2 80.3 74.2 94.7 84.2 



1 . Sugar-beets 94.5 98.7 31.9 91.3 100.7 99.9 49.9 



1 . Turnips .92.8 96.1 58.6 89.7 103. 96.5 87.5 



Animal Prodtjcts 



Cow's milk (G) 



Meat meal (G) 



Dried blood (G)...\... 

 Dried fish, ground (G) . 



98. 100. 

 99. 



100. loo! 

 76. 



Digestion by Horses 



Dried Fodders 



2 ; Timothy hay in full 



bloom, well cured 43.5 44.1 34. 21.2 42.6 47.3 47.3 



2 . New com product 49.9 51.7 21.7 67.5 54.6 46.9 59.8 



