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The Colorado Experiment Station. 
TABLE L. 
CORN FODDER FECES. 
PROXIMATE ANALYSIS. 
I 
II 
Av. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Eighty per cent, alcohoil extracted. . . . 
16.71 
16.27 
16.50 
Cold waiter, 24 hours, extracted. 
4.38 
4.66 
4.53 
Hot water and malt extracte'd. 
3.70 
3.31 
3.51 
Hydric chlorid, 1% sol. extracted. . . . 
13.49 
14.99 
14.24 
Sodic Hydrate, 1% sol. extracted..... 
23.55 
Lost 
23.55 
Chlorin, etc., extracted . 
11.12 
11.12 
Cellulose . 
26.55 
26.55 
100.00 
SUGARS IN THE 
extracts. 
Glucose in alcoholic extract. 
.None 
None 
None 
Sucrose in alcoholic extract. 
None 
X'one 
None 
Gums in cold water extract. 
0.36 
0.36 
0.36 
Starch in hot water extraci. 
None 
None 
None 
Xylan in hydric chlorid extract. 
2.23 
3.23 
2.73 
Xylan in sodic hydrate extract. ..... 
2.44 
Lost 
2.44 
table LI. 
CORN FODDER- 
—COEFFICIENTS 
OF DIGESTION OF 
THE VARIOUS 
EX- 
TRACTS. 
Oon- 
Di- 
Fed. 
Orts. 
sumed. Voided. 
gested. 
Coef. 
Alcoholic extract . 3461.4 
737.2 
2424.2 
635.4 
1788.8 
73.79 
Cold water extract. 5 3 6.4 
77.4 
459.0 
174.4 
284.6 
54.16 
Hot water and 
malt ext... 3 78.8 
60.6 
318.2 
135.2 
183.0 
54.37 
Hydric chlorid. 
1% extract. 2325.7 
532.5 
1793.2 
548.4 
1244.8 
69.42 
Sodic hydrate. 
1 % extract. 1612.1 
392.7 
1219.4 
877.1 
342.3 
36.27 
Chlorin, etc. . . 
. 414.1 
95.8 
318.3 
431.7( 
—113.4) 
Cellulose . . . . 
. 2959.5 
718.4 
2241.1 
1030.9 
1210.2 
54.00 
8773.41 
3833.1 
4940.3 
56.31 
The general coefficient of digestion for the dry matter in corn 
fodder was found to be 56.66 per cent. 
table LII. 
CARBOHYDRATES IN CORN FODDER AND THEIR COEFFICIENTS OF 
digestibility. 
Fed. 
Orts. 
Con¬ 
sumed. 
Voided. 
Di¬ 
gested. 
Coef. 
Glucose . 
656.9 
225.9 
431.0 
0.0 
431.0 
100.00 
Sucrose . 
499.1 
58.6 
440.5 
0.0 
440.5 
100.00 
Gums, etc. 
60.8 
12.3 
48.5 
13.8 
34.7 
71.56 
.m"?! rr'Vi ... 
0.0 
1410.8 
0.0 
435.8 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
Xylan, 1% hydric chlorid.. 
975.0 
105.1 
869.9 
89.22 
Xylan(?) 1% sodic hydrate 
73.6 
20.9 
52.7 
94.0 
(-41.3) 
Cellulose . 
2959.5 
718.4 
2241.1 
1030.9 
1210.9 
54.00 
