Florida Agricultural Experiment Station


TABLE F.-THE DIGESTIBILITY OF THE NUTRIENTS OF NAPIER GRASS SILAGE
 AS DETERMINED WITH FOUR STEERS IN THREE SUCCESSIVE FIVE-DAY
 PERIODS.


Trial
Number


 13



 14



 15



 16


5-Day
Period
Number


 I
 II
 III
Average

 I
 II
 III
Average

 I
 III
 III
Average

 I
 II
 III
Average


 Coefficients of Digestibility
 Crude Crude N-free Crude
 Protein IFiber Extract Fat
 percent percent percent percent

 26.46 49.88 41.23 55.28
 19.59 43.55 36.10 52.53
 25.95 48.52 40.79 62.75
 23.90 47.33 39.35 56.96

 25.76 52.46 39.48 89.22
 26.11 46.47 34.79 70.38
 39.93 54.63 45.10 71.74
 30.76 51.25 39.83 76.75

 35.18 56.90 36.98 68.25
 24.68 42.25 38.56 53.18
 38.83 56.69 47.36 61.52
 32.55 51.83 41.38 60.38

 -23.33 43.92 27.18 29.19
 -6.54 45.24 32.64 64.07
 -9.57 49.73 39.64 70.53
-12.79 46.36 33.30 55.40


Average "I" periods .. ............... ........ 16.02 50.79 36.22 60.49
Average "II" periods....................... ..... 15.96 44.38 35.52 60.04
Average "III" periods ........................... 23.79 52.39 43.22 66.64
Average all periods............. .......... .. 18.61 49.19 38.47 62.37


Average "I" periods* ......................... 29.13 53.08 39.23 70.92
Average "II" periods*......................... 23.46 44.09 36.48 58.70
Average "III" periods*......................... 34.90 53.28 44.42 65.34


Grand average*.............- 29.07 50.14 40.19 64.70

 Omitting E-52, Trial 16.


Animal
Number


E-49



E-50



E-51



E-52