COMPARATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF FOOD-STUFFS. 



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TABLE No. IV. 

 Digestible Constituents of the Food in Pebcentages (Kuhn). 













Non-nitrogen- 









Albumen. 





Fat. 



ous Extract- 



Cellulose. 













ive Matteks. 







Name of the 



























Food. 



a 



s 



S 



3 



A 



a 



■ a 



a 



a 



1 



a 



a 



a 



3 



a 



a 



a 







a 



a 







a 



i 





■3 



X 



■3 





M 



§ 



3 



'g 



rt 



3 



s 







eg 



V 





ri 



0> 





rt 



•U 





ri 



SI 





a 



a 



a 



a 



a 



a 



a 



g 



a 



a 



S 



s 



I. Green Fodders. 

























Pasture-grass, . 



70.6 



79.3 



75.0 



63.4 



68.1 



66.0 



74.5 



84.4 



79.0 



70.3 



75.2 



73.0 



Good meadow- 



























grass, . . . 



69.0 



71.7 



70.0 



60.4 



68.1 



'65.0' 



74.7 



84.4 



79.0 



65.4 



72.8 



69.0 



Clover, . . . 



77.7 



78.7 



78.0 



63.3 



65.1 



64.0 



78.0 



78.5 



78.0 



66.9 



67.4 



67.0 



Lucern-olover, . 



78.2 



83.2 



81.0 



37.0 



53.6 



45.0 



61.1 



76.9 



72.0 



31.6 



46.8 



41.0 



Esparcet, . . . 



71.7 



73.3 



73.0 



64.1 



69.2 



67.0 



76.5 



80.0 



78.0 



42.1 



42.3 



42.0 



Lupines, . . . 



73.0 



75.7 



74.0 



15.5 



45.3 



30.0 



57.3 



65.9 



62.0 



67.1 



79.8 



73.0 



Potato-stalks 



























(beginning of 

 October), . . 







42.0 







24.0 







60.0 







36.0 





















65 







35.0 



II. Hay. 



























Prairie-hay, . . 



38.9 



71.0 



57.0 



8.5 



69.7 



46.0 



48.0 



78.8 



63.0 



44.6 



72.4 



58.0 



Second-crop hay, 



'53.0 



68.0 



61.0 



27.0 



57.4 



46.0 



56.7 



75.0 



66.0 



54.3 



74.9 



63.0 



Clover-hay, . . 



43.0 



73.3 



60.0 



33.0 



75.3 



59.0 



62.5 



80.1 



69.0 



38.0 



59.2 



47.0 



Lucern-hay, . . 



72.1 



83.0 



77.0 



29.7 



51.0 



39.0 



52.6 



72.0 



65.0 



33.1 



45.7 



40.0 





73.0 



75.7 



74.0 



15.5 



45.3 



30.0 



57.3 



65.9 



62.0 



67.1 



79.8 



73.0 



Acidified beet- 



















































54.0 



III. Straw. 



























Wheat-straw, . 







26.0 







27.0 







40.0 







52.0 



Rye-straw, . . 



"2.6 



28.6 



25.0 



21.2 



40.9 



32.0 



28.5 



51.8 



36.0 



46.8 



72.9 



56.0 



Oat-straw, . . 



14.4 



50.0 



38.0 



14.0 



51.0 



30.0 



33.2 



47.0 



42.0 



53.0 



67.0 



61.0 



Barley-straw, . 



12.8 



16.8 



15.0 



32.4 



42.6 



38.0 



50.7 



51.3 



51.0 



49.1 



55.6 



52.0 



Pea-straw, . . 



60.3 



60.6 



60.5 



41.6 



50.1 



46.0 



64.0 



64.8 



64.0 



47.2 



65.9 



52.0 





35.4 



39.7 



37.0 



25.4 



35.0 



30.0 



64.5 



65.4 



65.0 



49.2 



52.0 



51.0 



IV. Cereals. 



























Oats (experi- 



























ments with 



























ruminants), . 



58.0 



81.3 



74.0 



68.4 



99.6 



82.0 



65.0 



79.7 



73.0 



5.5 



32.1 



21.0 



Crushed barley 



























(experiments 

 with rumi- 



















































nants), . . . 







77.0 







100.0 







87.0 







20.0 



Crushed corn 



























(experiments 

 with hogs), . 



83.9 



88.1 



85.0 



74.4 



78.5 



76.0 



9.25 



96.3 



94.0 



17.0 



57.4 



34.0 



