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BY Bidwell: 1916) Bidwell: Feeds and Feeding Stuffs 29
BY Bidwell: 1916) Bidwell: Feeds and Feeding Stuffs 29
some having less than 15 per cent nitrogen and others having over 17
per cent. But is there anything to show that a pound of one of these is
equal to a pound of the other in feeding value? I t seems reasonable to
suppose that the amount of nitrogen may be a better index of the value
of the proteins of a feed than the actual weight of the protein itself. For
nearly 70 years the per cent of nitrogen has been multiplied by 6.25 and the