Colorado Fodders. 
table lxxi. 
ultimate analysis. 
57 
SORGHUM. 
Carbon . 42.402 
Hydrogen . 5.74 8 
X'itrogen . 0.928 
Sulfur . 0.085 
Chlorin . 0.553 
Ash and oxygen . 50.28 4 
CORRESPONDING FECES. 
Carbon . 43.926 
Hydrogen . 5.82 
Nitrogen . 1.36 
Sulfur . 0.11 
Chlorin . 0.30 5 
Ash and oxygen . 48.466 
100.000 100.000 
§136. The average coefficients of digestion found for this 
fodder were as follows: Dry matter, 58.46; ash, 44.61; fat, 64.87; 
proteids, 43.06; crude fibre, 49.23; nitrogen-free extract, 61.06. 
The three animals to which this fodder was fed lost eight and one- 
half pounds in five days and consumed 30 to 31 pounds of dry mat¬ 
ter per thousand weight of animal. The fodder was evidently ac¬ 
ceptable to the animals, but the results were unfavorable. 
table lxxii. 
PROXIMATE ANALYSIS. 
SORGHUM FODDER. 
I 
II 
Av. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Eighty per cent, alcohol extracted. . . . 
35.492 
35.727 
35.60 
Cold water, 24 hours, extracted. 
3.966 
4.065 
4.02 
Hot water extracted . 
7.634 
7.468 
7.55 
Hydric chlorid 1% sol. extracted. 
18.955 
17.480 
18.22 
Sodic hydrate 1% sol. extracted. 
11.048 
11.982 
11.52 
Chlorin, etc., extracted . 
4.327 
4.579 
4.45 
Cellulose . 
18.578 
18.699 
18.64 
SUGARS IN THE 
extracts. 
Glucose in alcoholic extract. 
9.31 
9.46 
9.39 
Sucrose in alcoholic extract. 
6.80 
7.22 
7.01 
Gums in cold water extract. 
0.36 
0.32 
0.34 
Starch in hot water extract. 
2.45 
2.52 
2.49 
Xylan in hydric chlorid extract. 
13.59 
13.78 
13.68 
Xylan in sodic hydrate extract. 
0.66 
0.68 
0.67 
table lxxiii. 
PROXIAIATE ANALYSIS. 
SORGHUM ORTS. 
I 
II 
Av. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Eighty per cent, alcohol extracted. . . . 
41.809 
42.624 
42.21 
Cold water in 24 hrs. extracted. 
2.960 
3.040 
3.00 
Hot water extracted . 
2.581 
2.400 
2.49 
Hydric chlorid 1% sol. extracted. 
17.499 
17.412 
17.46 
Sodic hydrate 1% sol. extracted..^.. 
12.474 
12.727 
12.60 
Chlorin, etc., extracted . 
3.066 • 
3.114 
3.09 
Cellulose . 
19.611 
18.683 
19.15 
(M 
