SUDAN GRASS HAY 



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produced in the twenty-four hour period following the day dur- 

 ing which the recorded amount of hay was consumed. 



TABLE VIII— SUMMARY OF FEED AND FECES. 



Hay Consumed Water Consumed Feces Produced 



Heifer No. 



Day 



Total 



301 

 . lbs. 

 14.9 

 20.9 

 18.4 

 21.8 

 19.8 

 95.8 



The heifers had very similar capacities for hay consumption, 

 the difference in their average daily consumption being only 

 aibout one-third of a pound. Their capacities for water consump- 

 tion were also very much alike; the heifer which consumed the 

 smaller amount of hay drank on the average four pounds more 

 water per day than did the other heifer. The feces production 

 followed the water consumption very closely and the heifer 

 which consumed the smaller amount of hay and the greater 

 quantity of water produced the greater M^eight of feces. 



TABLE IX. COMPOSITION OF HAY. 



As was to he expected the hay refused was a little more fibrous 

 than the whole sample. The difference is so small, however, that 

 the digestion coefficients found for the hay consumed will apply 

 equally well to the whole sample. 



