COMPARATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF FOOD-STUFFS. 



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TABLE No. V. 



Digestibility of the Nutritive Principles in Food-stuffs 

 ferent Animals (Pott). 



BY DlF- 





Proteids. 



Fats. 



I 



NOK -NITROGEN- 

 OUS Extract- 

 ive Matters. 



FODDERS. 



a 



3 



a 



3 



a 



B 



a 



a 

 a 



a 

 3 



a 



3 



a 



B 



a 



a 

 a 



a 



a 



3 



a 



B 



3 



A. The Ruminants digest the fol- 

 lowing percentages of nutri- 

 tive substances : — 



















1. (a) Green Foods: Prairie-grass, 

 clover, lucern, esparcet, 

 vetches, rye, lupines, corn, 

 beans, peas, spurry, white 

 mustard, rape-seed, cabbage, 

 beet-leaves. 





















(b) Hay of esparcet, vetches, 

 lucern, and lupines,. 



60.0 



.81.0 



70.0 



50.0 



75.0 



60.0 



65.0 



79.0 



73.0 



2. (a) Green Foods, etc. : Prairie- 

 grass after blossoming, beet- 

 leaves, buckwheat. 





















(b) Prairie-hay, clover-hay. 





















(c) Straw of beans, peas, and 

 lentils, . ... 



40.0 



78.0 



60.0 



32.0 



62.0 



50.0 



54.0 



76.0 



65.0 



3. Prairie Grummet, . 



58.0 



70.0 



64.0 1 



45.0 



68.0 



54.0 



62.0 



74.0 



67.0 



4. Acid Hay, . . 



50.0 



72.0 



60.0 



46.0 



76.0 



60.0 



53.0 



67.0 



60.0 



5. Straw of the cereals, rape, 

 clover, lupines, potatoes, 



17.0 



48.0 



27.0 



20.0 



49.0 



35.0 



35.0 



60.0 



44.0 



6. (a) Boots and Bulbs: All sorts 

 of beets, potatoes, etc. 





















(b) Residue from manufacture 

 of spirits, starch, and sugar, 

 etc., . . 



51.0 



86.0 



65.0 









89.0 



96.0 



93.0 



7. Cereal Grains 



68.0 



86.0 



78.0 



67.0 



97.0 



82.0 



67.0 



91.0 



86.0 



Malt, 



Brewers' grains, 

 Acorns, 







81.6 

 73.0 

 83.0 







49.0 

 84.0 

 87.5 







87.6 

 64.0 

 91.4 



8. Hulled Fruits, . 



81.0 



95.0 



91.0 



66.0 



100.0 



86.0 



84.0 



99.0 



92.0 



9. Fodder Cakes : Rape-seed cake, 

 unshelled ground-nuts, un- 

 shelled cotton-seed and other 

 oil-cakes and oil-cake meals, . 



74.0 



90.0 



81.0 



69.0 



91.0 



88.0 



46.0 



85.0 



70.0 



