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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



TABLE III. 



The Constituents op Foods, Arranged According to their Percentage 

 Composition in Solids and Different Nutritive Principles. 





Percentage in the Solids of 



Percentage of 











Solids in 











Food-Stuffs. 



Nitrogenous 

 Constituents. 



Non-nitrogenous 



Extractive 



Matters. 



Fats 



Cellulose. 



Over 80 per cent. 



Over SO per cent. 



Over 80 per cent. 



Over 10 per cent. 



Over 40 per cent. 



Malt. 



Meat. 



Potatoes. 



Fresh milk. 



Oat-straw. 



Meat residue. 



Meat residue. 



Rye-meal. 



Meat residue. 



Bean -straw. 



Rapeseed-cake. 



Rapeseed-cake. 





Rapeseed-cake. 





Corn. 



Skimmed milk. 









Bran. 





Between 70 and 







Oats. 





80 per cent. 







Barley. 





Barley. 







Beans. 





Beets. 







Rye-meal. 



Over SO per cent. 



Corn. 







Oat-straw. 



Beans. 





Between 5 and 



Between SO and 



Hay. 



Malt. 





10 per cent. 



40 per cent. 



Bean-straw. 



Fresh milk. 



Between 60 and 





Beer-mash. 



70 per cent. 

 Oats. 

 Bran. 



Corn. 

 Brewers' grains. 



Prairie hay. 

 Clover-hay. 







Oats. 



Red clover. 







Skimmed milk. 



Prairie grass. 











Beer-mash. 





Between 15 and 



Between 50 and 









SO pier cent. 



60 per cent. 









Clover. 



Beans. 









Potato-mash. 



Grass. 









Bran. 



Skimmed milk. 



Between S and 





Between SO and 



Clover-hay. 





5 p>er cent. 





SO per cent. 



Grass. 

 Potatoes. 





Between Jfi and 

 50 per cent. 



Bran. 

 Meat. 

 Red clover. 



Between 10 and 

 SO per cent. 



Malt. 



Rapeseed-cake. 



Wheat-bran. 



Flesh. 

 Brewers' grains. 



Between 10 and 

 15 per cent. 



Hay. 

 Malt. 

 Beer-mash. 



Clover-hay. 

 Grass. 

 Hay. 

 Oat-straw. 





Oats. 



Clover-hay. 



Beans. 





Rye-meal. 



Red clover. 



Barley. 



Rye-meal. 



Malt. 



Oats. 





Barley. 

 Bean-straw. 



Oat-straw. 







Corn. 

 Grass. 

 Hay. 



Between SO and 

 40 per cent. 



Bean-straw. 



Milk. 



Oil-cake. 



Beans. 

 Bean -straw. 



Under 10 per cent. 



Under SO per cent. 

 Red clover. 



Under 10 per cent. 







Beets. 

 Barlev. 



Beets. 



Beets. 



Under 10 per cent. 



Under S per cent. 



Potatoes. 



Milk. 



Potatoes. 



Meat. 



Potatoes. 



Corn. 



Potato-mash. 



Straw. 



Meat residue. 



Beets. 



Meal. 



