COMPAEATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF FOOD-STUFFS. 



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TABLE No. V. 



Digestibility of the Nutritive Principles in Food-stuffs by Dif- 

 ferent Animals (Pott). 





Proteids. 



Fats. 



NON - 3STTROGEN- 



ous Extract- 

 ive Matters. 



Fodders. 







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A. The Ruminants digest the fol- 

 lowing percentages of nutri- 

 tive BubBtances : — 



















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





















clover, lucern, esparcet, 

 vetches, rye, lupines, corn, 





















beans, peas, spurry, white 

 mustard, rape-seed, cabbage, 

 beet-leaves. 





















(6) 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) Oreen 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 



45.0 



68.0 



54.0 



62.0 



74.0 



67.0 



4. Acid ffay 



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 





















87.6 





















64.0 

 91.4 





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.C 



91.0 



88.0 



46.0 



85.0 



70.0 



