BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
of fodder. : 
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See, for example, Wolff’s table of the average composition 
of fodder in Johnson’s ‘‘ How Crops Grow,” New York, 1868, p. 385. 
The following table shows the composition of the substances exam- 
ined in the Bussey Laboratory. They were all commercial products 
derived from wheat grown in 1872. 
St. Louis Illinois Michigan 
Shorts. Shorts. Shorts. 
waver *. 8! 12.23 10.96 1Vi77 
Ash (free from C end CO,) 4.53. 4,24 4.06 
Albuminoids . 12.06 11.13 12.75 
Carbohydrates (including fat), 
by difference . 64.06 66.38 60.95 
Cellulose (free from ash) 7.12 7.29 10.47 
100.00 100.00 100.00 
Dry organic matter 83.24 84.80 84.18 
Fat . . . . ; 4.01 4.06 4.65 
Nitrogen. 1.93 1.78 2.04 
St. Louis Tlinois 
Middlings. Middlings. 
Water : : ; . ; 12.08 13.30 
Ash . . . . or Saal 1.57 2.71 
Albuminoids . ‘ ; LOG 10.13 
Carbohydrates (including i, by dif- 
ference 71.72 68.51 
Cellulose (free from ash) 3.57 5.85 
100.00 100.00 
Dry organic matter . : - . 86.35 83.99 
Fat . ° . . ° 2.51 3.71 
Nitrogen . 7 : : : res By: 1.62 
St. Louis 
Ship-Stuff. 
WN RUT ay 5 : ‘ i Soha 42 ene HA 
Ash , : : - 2.25 
Albuminoids . : ‘ 11.12 
Carbohydrates afin fat) 69.23 
Cellulose (free from ash) 5.59 
100.00 
Dry organic matter 85.94 
Fat . ; 2.77 
Nitrogen 1.78 
Mean of the 
three kinds 
of Shorts. 
11.65 
4.28 
11.98 
63.80 
8.29 
100.00 
84.07 
4,24 
1.92 
Mean of the 
two kinds of 
Middlings. 
12.69 
2.14 
10.60 
70.11 
4.46 
100.00 
85.17 
3.11 
1.70 
Mean of the Middlings 
_ and Ship-Stuff. 
12.25 
2.20 
10.86 
69.67 
5.02 
100.00 
85.56 
2.94 
1.74 
