THE DIGESTIBILITY OF CATTLE FOODS. 



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Dry Matter Determinations made at the Time of weighing ovt the Different 

 Foods, and Dry Matter in Air-dry Feces {Per Cent.) — Concluded. 



Sheep II. 



Sheep V. 



Sheep VI. 



Average Daily Amount of Manure excreted and Water drunk (Grams). 



Sheep I. 



Period. 



Ch.\racter of Food or Ration. 



Manure | One-tenth 



excreted ] Manure 



Daily. Air-dry. 



Water 

 drunk 

 Daily. 



I. 



II. 



VIII. 



X. 



XII. 



XIV. 



English hay 



Corn meal 



Brook Farm hay, ..... 

 Gloucester fish meal, .... 



Wilcox fish guano 



Molassine meal 



Sheep II. 



English hay, 



Corn meal, 



Brook Farm hay, 



Gloucester fish meal, .... 

 Wilcox fish guano, 



648 

 426 



781 

 058 

 538 

 712 



25.83 

 21.02 

 25.46 

 27.16 

 24.41 

 26.55 



2,586 

 1,660 

 2,235 

 3,860 

 2,965 

 2,926 



I. 



II. 

 VIII. 



X. 

 XII. 



2,413 

 2,126 

 2,668 

 3,596 

 3,248 



