TABLE II.-Average Digestion Coefficients for Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per Cent 38 Cow pea 66 72 71 71 81 68 74 63 68 56 60 66 68 68 67 68 60 67 58 69 65 66 60 73 67 60 70 69 64 62 71 72 82 76 64 60 72 75 60 66 76 67 62 79 47 75 72 78 48 71 43 61 62 60 71 60 53 68 61 74 60 53 61 79 59 47 76 60 56 44 75 68 78 63 70 75 73 69 69 66 76 Hungarian grass Vetch, winter Cereals: Timothy... Alfalfa. 62 ::. 40 42 70 74 64 52 38 60 63 49 62 54 51 47 29 74 52 62 62 59 58 61 58 62 61 69 Cow pea Crimson clover. 65 54 43 47 58 54 61 34 61 72 71 71 65 61 65 69 72 73 TABLE II.-Average Digestion Coefficients for Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per Cent—Continued A. ROUGHAGE—Con. Wheat straw. Cabbage. Turnip.. tops.. Silage: Clover.. 88 86 76 75 45 77 89 80 72 76 96 94 91 90 89 13 92 48 84 92 61 87 74 34 82 92 1 95 97 96 89 66 Cow pea. Indian corn (dent). AND B. CONCENTRATES BY-PRODUCTS: Barley. 70 50 (24) 26 92 76 94 86 89 Cow pea. 56 46 50 93 89 Emmer. 1 Organic matter. TABLE II.-Average Digestion coefficients for Common Feeding Stuffs, in Per Cent - Continued B. CONCENTRATES AND BY-PRODUCTS-Con. Flaxseed. Wheat.... Barley feed standard Animal Feeds: Dried blood. 86 86 58 71 90 83 85 48 41 61 81 89 90 85 89 78 88 73 86 88 75 65 89 80 65 61 54 831 62 83 82 871 90 77 50 90 64 66 80 92 91 92 73 741 78 62 26 29 36 88 731 77 30 63 1 62 75 93 95 97 94 98 92 981 98 1 Organic matter. 2 Calculated. TABLE III -Average Dry Matter, Digestible Crude and True Protein, and Net Energy Values Per 100 Pounds for Ruminants (Armsby & Putney) A. DRIED ROUGHAGE: Brome grass, smooth.. Timothy, nearly ripe..... Alfalfa, all analyses Soybeans. Barley Wheat. Barley fodder... 23.2 23.8 36.4 43.6 36.6 8.9 14.1 23.1 2.3 37 2.8 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.0 2.0 2.8 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.8 14.08 14.82 17.77 21.01 17.78 8.87 7.05 14.60 TABLE III - Average Dry Matter, Digestible Crude and True Protein, and Net Energy Values Per 100 Pounds for Ruminants-Continued A. DRIED ROUGHAGE-Con. Corn fodder, dent, in tassel. . Lbx. 14.9 19.9 25.1 26.2 34.8 20.7 10.6 15.0 21.0 27.9 10.0 20.3 21.5 27.6 26.1 29.2 16.7 21.3 24.9 24.2 32.1 46.4 27.4 19.9 25.9 29.8 24.3 17.4 26.2 27.5 34.4 16.3 16.6 23.6 20.8 24.2 18.1 Lbs. Lbs. 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.8 1.1 2.0 1.1 1.7 1.4 0.4 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.4 Therms 9.52 13.64 17.35 16.74 22.48 13.53 6.89 10.39 13.49 17.84 7.82 13.38 14.26 17.24 14.06 15.81 13.07 15.99 15.37 18.36 18.89 26.36 18.75 9.20 11.50 11.10 14.56 10.83 15.87 16.74 17.30 10.42 9.78 12.53 10.44 12.70 11.95 |