Digestive Coefficients of Poultry Feeds, etc. 
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TABLE V 
Showing Average Digestibility of Poultry Feeds In These Tests 
Feed 
No. 
Trials 
Organic 
Matter 
Crude 
Protein 
Fat 
Carbohydrates 
Fiber 
N. F. Ext. 
Wheat middlings- 
9 
47.72 
52.91 
54.09 
8.76 
49.99 
Corn_ 
5 
83.91 
68.71 
75.26 
5.86 
89.40 
Wheat_ 
6 
78.50 
61.70 
37.76 
6.40 
86.78 
Oats_ 
6 
63.78 
73.49 
74.42 
11.69 
88.18 
Corn meal (bolted)- 
5 
84.67 
74.04 
86.26 
6.66 
88.18 
Meat and bone meal- 
2 
86.82 
92.17 
93.13 
3.23 
76.56 
Digester tankage. - 
2 
85.50 
90.70 
91.71 
3.94 
81.88 
4 
86.71 
88.10 
78.36 
71.55 
5 
80.79 
81.55 
78.01 
81.14 
Soybean meal (fat extracted). _ - 
5 
77.61 
83.33 
81.41 
2.16 
83.14 
Peanut meal (fat not extracted). . 
5 
65.94 
80.30 
78.41 
4.08 
84.14 
5 
91.60 
91.48 
92.24 
Cottonseed meal .. — — -- 
4 
73.32 
81.94 
79.05 
5.46 
82.92 
Corn meal (unbolted)... . 
3 
83.21 
73.50 
84.50 
6.80 
87.60 
Wheat middlings ... - 
6 
56.19 
75.43 
42.64 
10.20 
58.61 
Rye- 
3 
77.65 
71.85 
27.87 
4.68 
83.65 
Hulled oats. . ... - - 
5 
81.75 
69.83 
84.57 
4.91 
86.22 
Buckwheat .. _ _ -- -- - - 
6 
70.39 
55.93 
83.73 
6.33 
81.25 
Rice _ . ---- 
5 
69.17 
73.08 
80.00 
5.81 
78.93 
Kafir corn---- 
5 
78.72 
68.56 
• 75.61 
4.45 
83.65 
Barley_ 
2 
75.35 
72.77 
64.36 
4.33 
81.46 
Wheat middlings- 
3 
59.78 
77.57 
72.22 
4.05 
61.70 
TABLE AT 
Showing Average Digestible Nutrients in 100 lbs. of Feed in These Tests 
Feed 
Total 
dry 
Matter 
lbs. 
Crude 
Protein 
Lbs. 
Fat 
Lbs. 
Carbohydrates 
Total 
lbs. 
Fiber 
lbs. 
N. F. Ext. 
Lbs. 
Wheat middlings _ ---- -- - 
90.78 
7.98 
2.22 
0.55 
30.52 
41.27 
Corn- 
89.71 
6.98 
3.84 
0.55 
62.67 
74.02 
Wheat - -- --- - 
89.90 
7.71 
1.09 
0.19 
60.22 
69.21 
Oats - - 
88.35 
8.53 
2.24 
1.41 
52.14 
64.32 
Corn meal (bolted) . — 
86.87 
7.47 
4.87 
0.11 
60.45 
72.90 
Meat and bone meal. - 
95.48 
35.07 
12.92. 
0.07 
8.78 
56.84 
Digester tankage . - - - 
93.60 
52.78 
12.93 
0.18 
2.21 
68.10 
90.90 
73.21 
0.47 
2.50 
76.18 
89.88 
27.85 
0.77 
39.19 
67.81 
Soybean meal (fat extracted)- 
89.88 
35.08 
6.18 
0.12 
24.21 
65.59 
Peanut meal (fat not extracted).. 
93.90 
17.10 
27.91 
0.67 
13.04 
58.72 
90.30 
45.10 
9.13 
54.23 
Cottonseed meal . . - 
91.70 
33.02 
6.40 
0.52 
22.22 
62.16 
Corn meal (unbolted). . - 
88.90 
6.67 
4.73 
0.20 
60.71 
72.31 
Wheat middlings. __— - - 
90.60 
12.75 
2.17 
0.87 
32.76 
48.55 
Rye_ 
89.70 
8.55 
0.59 
0.16 
58.64 
67.94 
Hulled oats. ... 
91.80 
9.71 
7.36 
0.09 
55.35 
72.51 
Buckwheat... .... _ 
89.50 
6.21 
2.51 
0.36 
51.68 
60.96 
Rice . - -- 
91.10 
5.92 
1.60 
0.64 
51.78 
59.94 
Kafir corn_ .... . 
89.00 
7.47 
2.42 
0.13 
58.47 
68.49 
Barley_ ... .. .. - 
89.90 
7.93 
1.87 
0.22 
55.31 
65.33 
Wheat middlings_ . .. . . . 
90.60 
13.11 
3.68 
0.34 
34.49 
51.62 
