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bagi, it must be cut at a far earlier period of growth than the corumon 

 legnininous forage crops, otherwise the formation of fiber proceeds so 

 far as to interfere with the digestibility. * * * in no case should 

 the plants be allowed to stand till they are in full flower." 



An experiment to determine the digestibility of hagi was made with 

 two sheep, using the hay from the first cutting (May 24) of 1889. From 

 November 5 to 18 each sheep received daily 1 kg. of the cut hay 

 (pieces about 1 inch in length), 6 grams of common salt, and water ad 

 Ubitmn. After 6 days of preliminary feeding the uneaten residues of 

 food, and the excreta were collected, weighed, and analyzed. The 

 results were as follows : 



Co-efficients of digestibility. 



Dry matter. 



Crude 

 protein. 



Crude fat. 



Crude 

 cellulose. 



Nitrogen- 

 free extract. 



Sheep No. 1 

 Sheep No. 2 



Per cent. 

 48.83 

 49.48 



Per cent. 

 57.99 

 60. 03 



Per cent. 

 51.50 

 54.56 



Per cent. 

 45.10 

 48.55 



Per cent. 

 49.39 

 45.03 



"According to these results the digestibility of hagi hay is lower 

 than that of most other leguminous forage crops." 



Lespedeza bicolor, var. sieholdi, Maxim, (natsu hagi) which has also 

 been cultivated at the college, is described as a smaller variety, yield- 

 ing considerably less hay, but of a little better quality than that from 

 the common hagi. 



