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276                           The Nutritive Value of Alkali-treated Cereal Straws

                                                    TABLE XIII

                          Digestibility of wheat straw (treated) + rape cake

Dry
matter

Organic
matter

Crude
protein

Ether
extract

Crude
fibre

N-frce
extract

Total
carbohy-
drates

gm.

gm.

gm

gm.

gm.

gm.

gm.

                                                      Heifer 45

Consumed from :

Straw . . . .

5130

4660

90.3

17.9

2641.4

1910.2

4552

Cake . . . .

829

761

294.7

111.2

65.3

289.6

355

Whole ration . . .

5959

5421

385.0

129.1

2706.7

2199.8

4907

Voiding from:

Faeces . . . .

2289

1823

174.4

34.6

785.0

829

1614

Total digested . . .

3670

3598

210.6

94.5

1921.7

1370.8

3293

Percentage digestion of whole
ration . . . .

61.6

66.4

54.4

73.2

71.0

62.3

67.1

                                                      Heifer 46

Consumed from :

Straw . . . .

4260

3894

75.1

14.9

2197.6

1606.3

3804

Cake . . . .

726

666

258.1

97.4

57.2

253.6

311

Whole ration . . .

4986

4560

333.2

112.3

2254.8

1859.9

4115

Voiding from:

Faeces . . . .

1565

1229

156.7

30.1

511.2

531.0

1042

Total digested . . .

3421

3331

176.5

82.2

1743.6

1328.9

3073

Percentage digestion of whole
ration . . . .

68.1

70.3

53.0

73.2

77.3

70.9

74.7

                                                      Heifer 48

Consumed from :

Straw . . . .

5085

4639

89.5

17.8

2618.2

1913.5

4532

Cake . . . .

776

712

275.9

104.1

67.1

271.1

338

Whole ration . . .

5861

5351

365.4

121.9

2685.3

2184.6

4870

Voiding from:

Faeces . . . .

1989

1570

164.4

34.6

674.7

696.5

1371

Total digested . . .

3872

3781

201.0

87.3

2010.6

1488.1

3499

Percentage digestion of whole
ration . . . .

66.1

70.7

55.0

71.6

75.0

68.0

72.0

                                                      Heifer 51

Consumed from :

Straw . . . .

5040

4598

88.7

17.6

2595.0

1896.6

4492

Cake . . . .

726

666

258.1

97.4

57.2

253.6

311

Whole ration . . .

5766

5264

346.8

115.0

2652.2

2150.2

4803

Voiding from:

Faeces . . . .

1984

1549

170.1

32.5

555.5

790.9

1346

Total digested . . .

3782

3715

176.7

82.5

2096.7

1359.3

3457

Percentage digestion of whole
ration . . . .

65.6

70.6

50.9

71.7

79.1

63.0

72.0

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