172 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
TABLE 52.—( Continued. ) 













© DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS. * 
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Bie eis ef| a 
Ss) em MS 
KIND OF FEEDING STUFF. oe Ree 5 + = : ae 
Shs 8 | & |S] g 
op eee at me ee 
Milling and By-Products. Lbs. | Lbs.) Lbs.) Lbs. see 
Corn meal, - - - - - | .836 |. ,713 1. .070 | 035 | OG sei 
Corn and cob meal, - - - |. .888 | .684 } .066} [O31 1 2589 mata 
Pea meal, - - : - - | .869 | .692°|:,.168"| :006-12 5185) er see 
Hominy chops, - - - - | 864.) .694.| .074 | )..0608) | eae eeiiee 
Buffalo gluten feed, = - - ~ | .900 | .774 | 3178 | 100) 400mm 
Chicago gluten meal, - - - |. .QI2 | .794 | .263. | i@Bae! “44g see 
Cream gluten, - - - ~ | .QT2 |. °.803°]- 914) 1s SO ios eee 
Starch feed (w ak - - ~ | .343%'.264.4.046' (025 aaa tae 550 
Oat feed, - - - «| 886 1.97627) (139-062) SOR eee 
Malt sprouts, - - ~~ | 846.) -.637, ¢- .1885) \. OF2 ga eee 
Brewers’ grains (wet), - - - | .233.| .144 | .037 | .013 |)” .0Q4 aie some 
Brewers’ grains (dried), - “| ,082 1° 550 1/137 | 20464 == Onna 
Wheat bran, : ~ - + 1,823 | .§68 | . 120°) 1030/)2 ato eee 
Wheat middlings, - - - |. .846' | ,602 | ..122-| 3.030) 400 mmenem 
Cotton seed meal, S - | .846 | .685: |} 3764" 51311 oLyoceer eee 
O. P. linseed meal, - - “| 38528 1° 682 4.2834 (071 Gato rae 
N.P. linseed meal, - - «| .841. 4 5667) ) 2.2865) 027) akan 

* The factors (digestion coefficients) used are those of table sr. 
Keeping in mind that there is no such thing as a “ best ” ration, 
that individual animals vary in their needs, and in the extent to 
which they utilize the nutrients in their food, and that any one 
sample of a feeding stuff is generally either better or poorer than 
the average of all the samples of the same kind of feeding stuff 
that have been analyzed, we may venture to use such a table as 
the preceding (52). 
As an illustration of the way such a table may be wea the 
detailed calculation of a ration follows. 
At a farmers’ institute, held in Bristol in the winter of 1893-4, a 
milkman, whose milk was tested by the Babcock method, said 
that he was feeding per 1000 pounds live weight as follows: Corn 
meal, 5 pounds; Buffalo gluten feed, 5 pounds; cotton seed meal, 
2/2 pounds; hay, 5 pounds; and ensilage, 4o pounds. Assuming — 
the different feeding stuffs to be of average composition and 
digestibility, the ration may be calculated, from figures given in 
table 52, as follows: 

