COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTION 



447 



Naex- 

 perim'ts 



Kind and condi- 

 tion of food 



Dried Fodders — continued 

 Meadow hay — 



Best (G) 



Medium (G) 



Poor (G) 



Red-clover hay (G). . . . 



Alfalfa hay (G) 



Wheat straw (G) 



Dry Organic 

 matter matter 



% % 



- Digestion coefficients 



Boots 



Potatoes (G) 



Carrots (G) 



Grains 



Oats (G) 



Barley (G) 



Com(G) 



Field beans (G) 



Peas (G) 



2 . Dent com, imground.. . 

 2 . Com meal, same ma- 

 terial, ground 88.4 



2 . White oats, first qual- 

 ity, unground 72.4 



2 . Oats, same material, 



74.4 



58. 

 60. 

 46. 

 51. 

 58. 

 21. 



93. 



87. 



69. 

 87. 

 89. 

 87. 

 80. 

 75.3 



Ash 



% 



26.3 



Pro- 

 tein 



% 



63. 

 57. 

 55. 

 56. 

 73. 

 28. 



88. 

 99. 



79. 

 80. 

 76. 

 86. 

 83. 

 57.8 



Nitrogen- 

 free ex- 

 tract Fat 



% 



Fiber 



% 



48. 

 39. 

 38. 

 37. 

 40. 

 18. 



29. 



40. 

 65. 



8. 



(?) 



65. 

 58. 

 52. 

 63. 

 70. 

 28. 



99. 

 94. 



75. 

 87. 

 92. 

 94. 

 89. 

 88.2 



% 



22. 

 18. 

 24. 

 29. 

 14. 

 66. 



71. 

 42. 

 61. 

 13. 

 7. 

 47.7 



75.6 (?) 95.7 73.1 



74.1 33.1 86.1 31.1 79.4 82.4 



ground 75.7 77.7 29.2 82.4 14.4 86.1 79.9 



Digestion by Swine 

 Grains and Seeds 



1 . Barley, whole kernel. . 80.1 80.3 6.4 



1 . Flint com, unground . 89.7 91.3 



1 . Com meal, same mate- 

 rial, finely ground . . 89.5 91.2 



1 . Com -and -cob meal, 



whole ear ground . . 75.6 76.7 



? . Wheat, unground 72. . . 44. 



?. Wheat, cracked 82. .. 60. 



1 . Peas, ground 89.8 91.5 40.3 



By-prodiicts 



1. Wheat bran 65.8 .. 



Rye bran (G) 67. 



2 . Wheat shorts 76.5 . . 5.4 



2 . linseed meal 77.5 . 10. 



