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than Armsby’s and Wolff’s determinations show, while one-and-a- 
half and two-and-three-fourths times as much nitrogen-free extract 
and crude fiber respectively are digested as the meal contained. 
These excesses, of course, come from the increased digestibility of 
the cotton-seed hulls. 
12. DIGESTION OF RATION OF COTTON-SEED HULLS 
AND MEAL 
By Steers, Yellow and Lineback. (1 lb. of Meal to 6 lbs. of 
Hulls.) 
Date of Experiment, December and January, 1891-2. 
Ration fed—Yellow Steer, 21 lbs. hulls, 3} pounds meal per day. 
“• —Lineback, 24 “ 4 “ “ “ 
Total period, 20 days. 
Feces collected, last 5 days. 
Samples for analysis were taken by putting a small aliquot part 
of each feed into an air-tight jar. 
Analytical and Other Data for Obtaining the Coefficients of Digesti¬ 
bility. ‘See Tables XXVIII and XXIX. 
