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Table 2.— Digestibility of rations 
Period and feed. 
Period 1: 
Alfalfa hay. 
Cottonseed meal. 
Wheat bran. 
Maize meal... 
Total fed. 
Feces. 
Digested. 
Per cent digested. 
Period 2: 
Alfalfa hay. 
Cottonseed meal. 
Wheat bran. 
Maize meal. 
Total fed. 
Feces. 
Digested. 
Per cent digested 
Period 3: 
Alfalfa hay. 
Cottonseed meal. 
Wheat bran. 
Maize meal. 
Total fed. 
Refused. 
Total eaten. 
Feces. 
Digested. 
Per cent digested. 
Period 4: 
Alfalfa hay. 
Cottonseed meal. 
Wheat bran. 
Maize meal. 
Total fed. 
Feces. 
Dry 
Ash. 
Organic 
Protein. 
Non¬ 
Crude 
matter. 
matter. 
protein. 
fiber. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
1, 507. 6 
145 - 7 
1,361.9 
182. 8 
45-3 
446. 2 
343-8 
22. 4 
321. 4 
114. 9 
6.4 
43 - 7 
647 - 5 
42. 3 
6 ° 5 * 3 
96.5 
9.6 
62.8 
I, 964. O 
30. 0 
i, 934. 0 
184.7 
4. 2 
46.3 
4, 462. 9 
240.4 
4, 222. 5 
578.9 
65-5 
599 ° 
1, 054 - 5 
13a 1 
924.4 
141. I 
24. 6 
34 °- 5 
3, 408. 4 
no. 3 1 
3,298.1 
437-8 
40. 9 
258- 5 
76- 37 
45. 88 
78. 11 
75-63 
62.44 
43. 16 
3, 088. 4 
696. 2 
281. 4 
2,807. 0 
3 5 o- 2 
93-3 
997.8 
44-4 
651. 8 
231. 9 
* 5 - 5 
85-7 
i, 342. 8 
86.5 
h 256. 3 
194. 9 
25. 8 
135-4 
4,018. 9 
57 - 7 
3,961. 2 
380- 3 
10. 0 
91. X 
9,146.3 
470. 0 
8,676. 3 
1, 157 - 3 
328. 2 
144. 6 
i> 3 10 * 0 
2.358- 7 
269. 6 
2, 089. 1 
58.1 
719.9 
6, 787. 6 
200. 4 
6,587. 2 
829. 1 
86.5 
590. 1 
74. 21 
42. 64 
75 - 92 
71.64 
59.82 
45 - 05 
3 , 5 ° 8 . 1 
333 -o 
3 , i 7 S- 1 
415 - 7 
106. 9 
1,063.1 
813-3 
60. 3 
753-0 
282. 8 
23. 2 
77.1 
1, 540. 0 
4 , 569- 3 
100. 0 
1,440. 0 
224. 2 
27. 7 
150.5 
68.3 
4, 501. 0 
436- 7 
10. 1 
91.7 
IO, 430. 7 
561. 6 
9,869.1 
i, 359-4 
167.9 
1,382.4 
5 i 9 -1 
37-2 
481.9 
67. 7 
8.4 
77-3 
9,911.6 
524-4 
9,387-2 
1,291. 7 
159 - 5 
1, 3 ° 5 - 1 
764.9 
2,497.4 
280. 4 
2, 217. O 
3 11 - 3 
122. 5 
7.414- 2 
244.0 
7 , ! 7 °- 2 
980.4 
37 -o 
540 . 2 
74.80 
46.53 
76.38 
75 - 9 ° 
23. 20 
41 - 39 
1. 754 - 3 
166. 5 
1, 587.8 
207. 9 
53-4 
53 !• 6 
406. 6 
30. 1 
376 -S 
i 4 i -4 
11. 6 
38.5 
770. 0 
50.0 
720. 0 
112. 1 
13-9 
75-3 
2,284. 7 
34*2 
2,250. 5 
218.4 
5 -o 
45-9 
&215.6 
280. 8 
4 , 934 - 8 
679.8 
83-9 
691.3 
1,215-4 
135 - 7 
1,079. 7 
164.9 
27. 1 
394-8 
4,000. 2 
145-1 
3 , 855 -1 
5149 
56.8 
296. 5 
76. 70 
SI- 67 
78. 12 
75 - 74 
67. 70 
42. 89 
Digested. 
Per cent digested 
