5^ 
The Colorado Experiment Station. 
table lxv. 
Alfalfa 
Cornfodder 
Extract 
Coefficient 
Extract < 
Coefficient 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
80% alcohol . 
. 27.50 
73.88 
29.61 
73.79 
Cold water . 
. 8.66 
78.89 
4.59 
54.16 
Hot water and malt .... 
. 4.37 
70.24 
3.24 
54.37 
1% hydric chlorid . 
. 12.23 
60.20 
19.90 
69.42 
1% sodic hydrate . 
. 16.19 
67.72 
13.79 
36,27 
r’Vilnrin .... 
. 8 76 
25.39 
3.55 
Residue . 
. 22.29 
52.67 
25.32 
54.00 
§127. The most patent difference here is in the case of the 
sodic hydrate, both in the quantity that is soluble and in the coeffi¬ 
cient of digestion. The difference of about 2 per cent, in favor of 
the portion dissolved out of the alfalfa by the caustic soda is much 
less than the relative amounts of proteids present in the fodders; 
while the difference in the amount soluble is only 2 per cent., the 
coefficient of digestibility is more than double that of the portion 
dissolved out of the corn fodder. 
Table lxvi. 
THE CALORIEIC VALUE OE THE FODDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE 
extracts. 
Alfalfa Corn Fodder 
Original fodder . 4363 4244 
Extracts: 
Alcoholic (hot 80% alcohol) . 4706 4224 
Cold and hot water .3140 3009 
One per cent, hydric chlorid . 3596 4290 
One per cent, sodic hydrate . 5063 5003 
Chlorin, etc. 5598 4663 
Residue, cellulose . 4210 4134 
table LXVII. 
CALORIEIC VALUES OE THE EECES AND TLIEIR EXTRACTS. 
Alfalfa Corn Fodder 
Original . 4525 4248 
Extracts: 
Alcohol (hoit 80% alcohol) .5739 5057 
Cold and hot water .4123 2738 
One per cent, hydric chlorid . 4061 5069 
One per cent, sodic hydrate . 2997 4507 
Chlorin . 5842 4304 
Residue, cellulose . 4294 3714 
