DIGESTIBILITY TRIALS ON INDIAN FEEDING STUFFS             126

                                                                    TABLE III
                                                                  Food Values

Period

Animal

Daily
Body
weight

lbs.

Name of the feed

Daily
Nitrogen
balance

grms.

Starch
equiva-
lents

Digestible

protein

per 100

lbs. of

the feed

Albumi-
noid
ratio 1:

Remarks -

23th February 1932
to 9th March 1932.

128
129
133

690
725
595

Senji green ....
Do. ....
Do. ....

72.74
75.56
51.53

11.10
11.17
10.60

2.74
2.76
2.62

3.9
3.9
4.0

Maintenance Ration.
Ditto
Ditto

8thMarch 1931 to 29th
March 1931

128
129
133

574
568
451

Berseem green . . .
Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .

55.13
67.53
52.59

8.71
8.86
8.82

2.22
2.26
2.22

3.4
3.4
3.4

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

23rd Nov. 1933 to 29th
Nov. 1933

Bu.1
Bu.2
Bu.3
Bu.4

950

1,052

935

865

Velvet Beans green . .
Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .

25.17
13.50
32.32
45.37

13.74
12.92
13.42
14.75

2.54
2.43
2.49
2.76

5.1
5.0
50
4.9

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

9th Oct. 1934 to 20th
Oct. 1934

G.2

S.l

830
506

Sunflower green
Ditto

21.00
14.40

8.53
8.48

1.77
1.81

4.8
4.7

Ditto
Ditto

29th Aug. 1935 to 8th
Sept. 1935

166
G.2
S.l

840
883
574

Bajra green ....
Ditto ....
Ditto ....

24.45
23.53
22.54

9.82
10.38
10.58

0.93
0.89
0.96

12.5
13.5
12.7

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

28th Sept. 1932 to
12th Oct. 1932

Bu.l
Bu.4
Bu.2

870

850

1,000

Elephant grass green
Ditto . .
Ditto . .

19.57
14.75
20.63

9.58
9.20
9.45

0.63
0.60
0.64

18.8
19.5
18.4

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

7th Sept. 1931 to 18th
Sept. 1931

149
151
156

570
530
520

Guinea grass green . . .
Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .

12.80
8.19
6.59

9.31
9.41
9.10

0.79
0.78
0.76

15.8
14.7
15.4

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

7th Sept. 1931 to 18th
Sept. 1931

128

129
133

720

710
600

Sudan grass green . . .

Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .

—6.93

—4.47
—3.95

11.22

11.13
12.20

0.34

0.42
0.44

47.5

37.5
38.5

Non-maintenance
Ration.
Ditto
Ditto