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Feeds and Feeding. 



Digestion trial with ox in respiration apparatus, results for one 

 day Weende Station. 



1 kilogram =1000 grams=2.2 pounds. 



56. Intake of body. The first division of the table records 

 the consumption or intake of the body of the steer for one day, 

 the results being stated in kilograms. Keducing the weight of 

 the several substances to pounds, we have the following: 



Pounds. 



Oxygen taken into blood by way of the lungs 16.0 



Dry matter taken into the alimentary tract 27.8 



Water drank and in food... . 128.0 



Total intake of body for one day 171.8 



