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back Steer on the latter is one-third greater. The digestibility of the 
combination of silage and meal and cotton-seed hulls and meal have 
gradually increased over the calculated results for the same, with the 
narrowing of the nutritive ratio. It would seem, therefore, in the 
light of the foregoing experiments, that a still narrower ration of 
cotton-seed hulls and meal could often be advantageously fed for 
economic production of beef, milk, or work, as it is believed that a 
still larger amount of digestible nutrients would thus be obtained 
than are shown in the preceding rations of hulls and meal. 
14. DIGESTIBLE ORGANIC NUTRIENTS 
In 100 Pounds of Dry Matter of Fodders and Rations. 
The data presented in Table XXXIV makes it easy to compare 
the digestible nutrients and value of the fodders and rations consid¬ 
ered in this Bulletin. 
TABLE XXXIV. Showing the Pounds of Digestible Organic Nutrients in 
One Hundred Pounds of Dry Matter of Each Food and Ration, with the 
Nutritive Ratios. 
tible 
Protein. ■ 
Digestible Non-Nitro- 
genous Nutrients. 
Total Nutritive 
Organic Sub¬ 
stance. 
Live 
Ratio. ; 
I 
OD 
o> 
be 
Q 
Fats. 
Other Carbo¬ 
hydrates. 
'tZ ■ 
3 
£ 
Corn fodder___ 
6.02 
2.61 
45.79 
54.42 
1 
8.73 
Crimson clover hay.. .. 
12.45 
1.25 
43.70 
57.40 
1 
3.76 
Cowpea-vine hay... 
9.18 
.75 
46.52 
56.45 
1 
5.27 
Soja bean silage... 
11.90 
6.22 
34.66 
52.78 
1 
4.22 
Corn silage__ 
2.59 
1.63 
47.64 
51.86 
l 
19.96 
Cotton-seed hulls, av.of 4 experiments 
Ration of 1 lb. cotton-seed meal to 7 
.42 
3.81 
35.27 
39.50 
1 
106.6 
lbs. cotton seed hulls... 
Ration of 1 lb. cotton-seed meal to 6 
4.39 
5.46 
33.70 
43.55 
1 
10.78 
lbs. cotton-seed hulls__ 
Ration of 1 lb. cotton-seed meal to 4 
4.76 
3.77 
36.88 
45 41 
1 
9.71 
lbs. cotton-seed hulls___ 
Ration of 1 lb. cotton-seed meal to 
6.82 
4.19 
40.84 
51.85 
1 
7.52 
3.87 lbs. corn silage... 
Ration of 1 lb. cotton-seed meal to 
9 36 
3.90 
49.17 
62.43 
1 
6.29 
2.36 lbs. corn silage _ 
Ration of 1 lb. raw cotton-seed to .88 
12.47 
4.03 
52.09 
68.59 
1 
4.98 
lb. corn silage...__ 
Ration of 1 lb. roasted cotton-seed to 
7.53 
11.67 
39.46 
58.66 
1 
9.12 
.60 lb. corn silage.... 
5.41 
9.82 
39.14 
54.37 
1 
11.77 
Raw cotton-seed .. 
11.91 
20.46 
33.73 
66.09 
1 
7.13 
Roasted > cotton-seed. 
8.33 
17.79 
32.08 
58.20 
. ._ 
1 
9.19 
