164 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
TABLE 50. 
Coe ficients of Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs as determined 
by American Experiments.* 









4 aA 
3 D4 sail poll “es steer 9 
va & "S 8 ns x 3 
¥ St |e. | Sel | 
S| KIND OF FEEDING STUFF. = pes eee 
2 |S fe ote lo ee 
% S| 6 |} Ac & aoa 
a eee 4 5 | 6 
Z cae 
EXPERIMENTS WITH RUMINANTS. G q % % % % 
I | Pasture grass, - - - ' 71) 9) 93 eae 
2 Souving Tye, i= - - : 74 | = | 96s) 74 oe 
3 | Corn ensilage, - - - -; 1 18 | 64 46 | 80 ; 67 | 67 
4 | Soiling clover, - - . - 66 | —.| 07) O4nis7eae ss 
5 | Sorghum, = 61.|- — | 40) 6729 rieae 
6 | Timothy hay (all experiments), - Il | 27 | 58) -— | 49 I-65. Osuna 
7 | Timothy hay (early cut), - 61 | 62 | 57 | 56 |.64 | 59 
8 | Timothy hay (late cut), - - 53 | 54 | 45 | 58 | 60 | 46 
9 | Hungarian hay, - z 64 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 66 | 68 

10 | Blue-joint hay, = . - 
II | Orchard grass hay, - - - 
I2 | Red-top hay, - ~ . - 
13 | Witch grass hay, - - - 
14 | Wild oat grass hay, - 
15 | Mixed hay (clover and timothy), 
16 | Clover hay (red), - - 
17 | Alsike clover hay (cut in bieom) 
18 | White clover hay-(in late bloom). 
Ig | Alfalfa hay, - - 

20 | Corn fodder (whole plant), A ss 37 | 67 | — | 58 | 7I | 69 | Fo 
2t*| Corn stover,. - - - 62 | — | 52 | 52 | 64 | 66 
22 | Oat straw, - 2 - - 50.) 61 |. =" (367 (esa aeore 
23 | Potatoes, - = = -: " 
24 | Roots,” - : 3 ° ra 

25 | Corn meal, - - - - 85 | — | 58 1°92.) 87a. 
26 | Pea meal, - - : - 87 ; 88 | 83 | 54 | 94 | 26 
27 | Malt sprouts, - - - 67 | 67 | 80.) ==") heise 
28 | Cotton seed meal, - z 3 
29 | Wheat bran, - - S : 
30 | Wheat middlings,  - : : 
31 | Gluten meal, - = . 2 

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32 | Cotton seed hulls, - - l 36 | — | 25 | 81 | 40 | 27 
EXPERIMENTS WITH SWINE, 
33 | Whole corn (kernel), : - L | ot. | 82:1. 83+) 69.1460) Seog ere 
34 | Corn ‘meal, - - - i ee I‘) 89°} or | 86.) 82 oad 
> 36 | Corn and. cob meal, - - - I 1) 762) 97 yO Bane aes 




* From a compilation made by Prof. W. H. Jordan, Director of the Maine Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, for the Office of Experiment Stations of the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, by whose courtesy this table is here printed. 

