1894.] 



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English Hay (a) . Period I. 

 Sheep II. 



Sheep III. 



Sheep IV. 



900 grams hay fed, . 

 320.5 grams manure air dry. 

 Grams digested. 

 Per cent, digested, . 

 Avei'age per cent, digested, 



769.50 

 296.78 



472.72 

 61.43 

 61.37 



233.39 

 82.27 



151.12 

 64.73 

 64.46 



26.77 

 13.36 



85.42 

 30.95 



13.41 

 50.09 

 51.43 



54.47 

 63.76 

 63.49 



373.30 



137.58 



235.72 



63.14 



63.32 



Average nutritive ratio of ration for three sheep, 1 : 7.79. 



* It will be noticed that in Period I., Sheep II. and III., and in Period II., Sheep 

 II., small amounts of hay (the coarser portions) were not consumed ; these amounts 

 were carefully collected, weighed, dry matter tests and complete analyses made. 



