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DIGESTIBILITY. 
The digestibility of the albuminoids of the grasses from the 
several plats was also determined by the pepsin method, and the 
results are given in the following table : 







a S | oy | $3.5 3%, 
aos | of | S82 | 228 | Bes 
ee San | Go | see | S88 | $28 
Haz | 92 | Ses | oss : one 
5 = we a Ney ees Ho 
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i io i a) ee ei al a SESE A OG | 12.98 | 10.19 5.75 | 55.53 | 43.57 
UM ise Coan ey SAT ae Vern RTA US eeck ba eee eke 13.25 9.56 5.50 57.46 42.47 
Jue Sot EES RA a 8 SoA Oc aa es a 11.19 9.19 5.19 | 53.61 | 43.62 
Det Pee Saati dtie ei tag has give cabot Tues yeh 12.06 9.62 5.94 50.74 | 48 .64. 
WY, Riera be Cie? 15 ae ae Pi ee 10.69 9.31 5.06 | 52.66 | 45.65 
PEs eeeee Sutin eee hao. lias s. kbd be pork 12.25 8.75 4.62 | 62.28 | 47.20 
SUR MON ee tg ac ae occu vdieo de wens ne \u1.19 9.19 5.44 | 51.38 | 40.80 
HE NSS 7 1) OO eee eo 12.19 9.44 6.25 | 44.62 | 33.79 
NBO ien see eh. cshasiuld 5 «ine sates lon 13.62 | 11.75 5.62 | 58.73 | 52.17 
ROM EON eA. , Sate hh in Os Se rast 2 13.06 4,94 4.87 | 62.71 1.41 
De ee ian lure « Mona ad aus 12.75 b.44 B69 * LBB STs os 
SOTR Ch J) SAW LR Oe ty ae a 11.37 9.25 4.44 | 60.94 | 52.00 
eM men oo Tey lone 12.56 | 10.81 5.62 | 55.25 | 48.01 
Ne tM G Ri, SPiciunh als vive « vee lasow'att’y 12.37 | 10.12 4.87 | 60.63 | 61.77 
ane PIM here Ua ny tal 10.19 7.94 4.75 | 53.38 | 40.17 
SKRUN oa A RY Ea 10.70 8.75 4.62 | 56.82 | 48.34 
Dee ewe reoret beph tate pe rs Ue bles 10.56 8.62 4.19 | 60.32 | 51.39 
WE prea ce RPM. BICC Mas sc dnbies pec 11.00 9.12 4.81 | 61.72 | 47.26 
32 TE APY at SRT ONES (oa 10.70 8.75 3.87 | 63.83 | 55.77 
OAT AR al) CSF Be RNS es 11.94 | 10.37 6.00 | 49.75 | 42.14 
Sop) We te a loge Sa ar a pho Aibedall 9.37 8.25 4.56 | 51.33 | 44.72 
SOLD go: 05 gis acer Se a0 alee A a 9.06 7) Reet Ne AN a ah Oech ARE ag 
PRL Rao teens aE en zg isle ot has cus a's cv ecesls Kis de» 8.75 8.62 4.56 AT .86 47.10 
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As in the case with the experiment previously reported, no 
influence of the fertilizers upon the,chemical composition of the 
grasses could be traced for the series of experiments. Had we 
stopped here we might fairly have concluded that the influence 
of the fertilizers was manifest, not upon the chemical composition 
of grasses, but almost entirely in an increase of the crop, as has 
