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BARLEY 17 
In the tables given above the figures 75 and 71 were 
used to represent the per cent, of digestibility of the 
protein in the common and bald barleys. The Chemist 
of the Station who made the analyses of the barley 
already given, also made a special test of artificial 
digestion on both the barleys by the method already 
published in Bulletin No. 39, of this Station. The re- 
sults are 77 per cent, for the common barley, and 75 per 
cent, for the bald barley. 
Among feeding materials of the same general 
character, it is believed that the total digestible material 
offers a pretty fair measure of their comparative feeding 
value. From this standpoint it will be seen that barley 
belongs to the more highly concentrated and digestible 
grains, like wheat and corn, rather than the lighter feeds, 
oats and bran. 
There is no great difference in the chemical composi- 
tion or the digestibility of wheat, corn, and barley. 
Judged from the standpoint of the chemist, they have 
almost exactly the same feeding value. 
FEEDING TESTS WITH BARLEY. 
Barley has been fed experimentally on the College 
Farm to steers, sheep, and pigs. Most of the tests have 
been with the common barley, but during 1896-97 the 
bald barley was extensively fed. The tests were de- 
signed to answer the following questions: — 
1. How does common barley compare as a stock 
food, with wheat and corn? 
2. Is it better to feed barley alone or with corn? 
3. How does bald barley compare in feeding value 
with common barley and with corn? 
4. Is anything gained by grinding either common 
or bald barley for feeding to stock? 
The tests cover a period of three years and will first 
be given separately for each class of animals, and then a 
summary presented of the results 
