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sliows tlie cliaracter of the other fodder ; the fourth and 

 fifth express the decrease in the digestibility of the protein 

 and crude fibre in per cent, of the quantity of each which 

 was digested when the starch was withheld. 



No. 



Authority. 



starch in 

 pc^roent, , 

 of other 

 fodder. 



Fodder^ exclusive 

 of btarch. 



GKSXIBIJLlTt O-F 





Protein. 

 Per cent. 



Grade 

 fibre. 

 Per cenLi^ 



1.... 

 2.... 

 3 ... 



Henneberg & Stohmann. 

 a u «« 



it U (t 



15 

 18 

 29 



Clover-hay, 



■ stiaw, and -{ 



beans. 



T 

 11 

 21 



6 



15 



4.... 

 5.,.. 



H ti it 



U (I tt 



9 

 9 



Same with J 

 r more beans, 1 



4 



4 

 2 



6.... 



Sohulze & M&rcker. 



m 



Hay. 



a 



la 



7... 



4t It (t 



§5 



Hay and beans. 



m 



IS 



8.... 



Stohmann. 



15 



Hay. 



12 



12 



9 .. 



u 



m 



t« 



44 



7 



10 . 



u 



15 



Hay and oil-cake. 







10 



11.... 



Wolff (experiments on hogs). 



15 



Barley. 







.. 



12 ... 



t( it u 



31 



tt 



11 



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Two things are shown by this table : first, the greater 

 the amount of starch which is added to a ration, the more 

 is the digestibility of the protein and crude fibre decreased, 

 e. g.y in experiments 1, 2 and 3, or 8 an4 9 ; second, the 

 richer the original ration is in protein, the less is the de- 

 pression caused by a given quantity of starch, e, g., Experi- 

 ments 6 and 7. 



But this amounts to saying that the protein and crude 

 fibre of a ration are better digested the narrower the 

 nutritive ratio of the latter, a fact which, it will be remem- 

 bered, we have already noticed in the case of hay, and 



