COI.ORADO F0DDi:RS. 
13 
SUGARS IN THE 
EXTRACTS. 
Glucose in the alcoholic extract. 
1.280 
1.280 
1.28 
Sucrose in the alcoholic extract. 
0.942 
0.942 
0.94 
Gums, etc., in cold water extract. 
0.833 
0.770 
0.80 
Starch in hot water and malt extract 
1.267 
1.260 
1.26 
Galactan, inverted by 1 per cent. HCl 
Reducing power of the 1 per cent. 
2.960 
2.770 
2.87 
Na O H extract . 
0.320 
0.378 
0.35 
The average of two determinations of galactan made according 
to the official method was 2.89 per cent. It seems probable that 
the reducing power of the one per cent. HCl extract of alfalfa hay 
is wholly due to galactan, but only partly so in 
corn fodder and in 
native hay. 
TABTK V. 
ANALYSIS OR AUEAUEA ORTS. 
1 
II 
Av. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Eighty per cent, alcohol extracted. . . . 
26.532 
26.276 
26.40 
Cold water, 24 hrs. extracted. 
8.580 
8.559 
8.57 
Hot “water and malt extracted. 
Hydric chlorid, 1 per cent. sol. ex- 
3.970 
4.256 
4.11 
tracted . 
Sodic hydrate, 1 per cent. sol. extract- 
11.687 
11.863 
11.78 
ed .. 
Treatment with chlorin, etc., extract- 
16.637 
14.885 
15.76 
ed . 
8.519 
9.853 
9.19 
Cellulose remaining . 
24.074 
24.308 
24.19 
100.00 
SUGARS IN THE 
EXTRACTS 
Glucose in alcoholic extract. 
1.25 
1.25 
1.25 
Sucrose in alcoholic extract. 
1.67 
1.45 
1.56 
Gums in cold water extract. 
0.47 
0.38 
0.43 
Starch in hot water extract. 
0.94 
0.97 
0.96 
Galactan . 
Reducing power of sodic hydrate ex- 
3.96 
4.45 
4.21 
tract . 
0.70 
0.97 
0.80 
table 
VI. 
analysis oe dung oe sheep eed on alealea hay. 
I 
II 
Av. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Eighty per cent, alcohol extracted. . . 
Cold water, 24 hrs. digestion, extract- 
19.107 
19.363 
19.24 
ed . 
4.912 
4.872 
4.89 
Hot water and malt extracted. 
Hydric chlorid, 1 per cent, s'ol., ex- 
3.635 
3.349 
3.49 
tracted . 
13.580 
12.457 
13.02 
Sodic hydrate, 1 per cent, sol., ex¬ 
tracted . 
Treatment with chlorin, etc., extract- 
12.796 
15.166 
13.98 
ed . 
19.711 
15.091 
17.40 
Cellulose remaining. 
26.259 
29.702 
27.98 
100.00 
