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Notes on Feeding Stuffs. 



[FEB., 



Feeding Value of Common Feeding Stuffs. 



(1) 



(2) 



' (3) 



1 (4) 



1 (5)' 



1 (6) 



1 



(7) 



(8) 







Per 



cent. di2e>tible. 









Name of Feeding Stuff. 



Nutritive 

 Ratio. 





Carbo- 



Digesti- 

 ble 

 Food 



Starch 

 equiv. 

 per 



Linseed 

 Cake 

 equiv. 







Protein. 



Fat. 



hydrates 

 and Fibre. 



Units 

 per ton. 



100 lb. 



per 

 100 lb. 





Foods 







Rich in bo 



h Protein a 



i 



nd Oil or Fat. 







Ground nut cake . , 



i: o*8 



45 '2 ^ 



6-3 



21 -I 



1 145 







Soya bean cake 



i: I •! 



34-0 



6-5 



21 "O 



122 



67 



^88 



Decort. cotton cake . . 



i: I '2 



34 -o 



8-5 



20 'O 



126 



71 



93 



Linseed cake, Indian 



i: 1-9 



27-8 



9-3 



30 •! 



123 



77 



lOI 



Linseed cake, English 



i: 2-0 



26-7 



9-3 



30-1 



120 



76 



100 



Cotton cake, Egyptian 



i: 2-1 



15-5 



5-3 



20 'O 



72 



40 



53 



Cotton cake, Bombay 



i: 2-5 



13 -I 



4 '4 



21-5 



65 



38 



49 



Distillers' grains 



i: 2 '9 



18 -7 



10 '2 



29*0 



loi 



57 



75 



Maize gluten feed 



i: 3'o 



20 '4 



8-8 



48-4 



122 



87 



115 



Brewers" grains, dried 



i: 3-3 



14 -I 



6-6 



327 



85 



50 



66 



Coconut cake . . 



i: 3-8 



i6-3 



8-2 



41*4 



103 



77 



lOI 



Palm kernel cake 



i: 4-5 



14 -I 



6-1 



48-9 



96 



77 



lOI 



Linseed 



i: 5-9 



18 -I 



34 ■? 



20 •! 



154 



119 



157 



Bombay cotton seed . . 



i: 6-6 



II 'O 



i6-8 



30*1 



100 



78 



102 





Fairly Rich in Protein, Rich in Oil 









Maize germ meal 



i: 8-5 



9-0 



6-2 



61 -2 



99 



81 



107 



Rice meal . . . , 



i: 9-4 



6-8 



10 '2 



38-2 



79 



00 



90 







Rich in Protein, Poor 



in Oil. 









Fish meal 



i: O'l 



54*0 



2*0 





125 



56 



74 



Peas, Calcutta white . . 



i: 2*1 



23.3 



I •! 



45-9 



97 



70 



88 



Beans, English 



i: 2-6 



19*3 



I '2 



48-2 



100 



67 



88 



Beans, Chinese 



i: 2-6 



19-6 



17 



47'9 



lOI 



67 



88 



Peas, English maple . . 



i: 3-1 



17-0 



I'D 



50*0 



97 



70 



92 



Palm-nut meal (ex- 

















tracted) 



Brewers' grains, wet . . 



i: 3-4 



15-6 



.•9 



487 



92 



66 



87 



i: 3-5 



3-5 





8-6 



21 



13 



17 



Malt culms 



i: 3-6 



II -4 



I •! 



38-6 



70 



39 







51 





Cereals, Rich in Starch, not Rich 



in Protein 



or Oil. 







Barley, feeding 



i: 8-0 1 



8-0 



2 •! 



57-8 



83 



68 



89 



Oats, English . . 



i: 8-0 j 



7-2 



4-0 



47-4 



75 



60 



79 



Oats, Argentine 



i: 8'o 



7-2 



4-0 



47-4 



75 



60 



79 



Maize, American 



i:ii-5 



6-7 



4-5 



65 -8 



94 



81 



107 



Maize, Argentine 



i:ii'3 



6-8 ' 



4-5 



65 -8 



94 



84 



no 



Maize meal 



i:i3-o 



5-5 



3-5 



63-9 



86 ' 



79 



102 



WTieat middlings 



i: 4-8 



12-8 



4-1 



52-5 



95 1 



73 ; 



96 



WTieat sharps . . 



i: 5-1 



11-6 



3-4 



51-6 



90 1 



62 ! 



80 



Wheat pollards 



i: 4-5 



13-6 



3 7 



52-5 



97 



62 1 



82 



Wheat bran . . 



i: 4 7 



11*3 



3-0 



45 -o 



78 1 



•50 1 



65 



Wheat bran, broad . . 



i: 4-7 



II-3 



3-0 



45-4 



80 



48 ! 



63 



Locust bean meal 



1:22 •! 



4-0 1 



07 



69*2 



80 ! 



71 



94 



Columns (3), (4) and (5) give the percentages of digestible 

 proteins, fats and carboh^^drates respectively. 



Column (6), which is calculated from Columns (3), (4) and 

 (5), gives the number of digestible food units in a ton of each 

 feeding stuff. 



Columns (7) and (8) give the starch equivalent and the linseed 

 cake equivalent respectively of 100 lb. of the feeding stuff. 



The table can be used both as a guide to purchasing, and as 

 an indication of the feeding value of the different feeding stuffs. 

 To use it as a guide to purchasing, the procedure is as follows : 



