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Bulletin 180 — concluded. 



Observations on the spoilage of cranberries due to lack of proper ven- 

 tilation : — 

 Introduction, ...... 



Temperature tests in open and closed cans, 

 Effect of carbon dioxide on cranberries, 

 Effect of different relative humidities on spoilage due to carbon dioxide, 

 Relation of fungi to spoilage due to carbon dioxide. 

 Effect of carbon dioxide on fungi in the berries, . 

 Bulletin 181. Digestion experiments with sheep, 

 Introduction, ..... 



Composition of feedstuff s (per cent.). 



Composition of feces (per cent.). 



Weight of animals at beginning and end of each period, and average daily 



water consumed. 

 Digestion coefficients of basal ration used in 

 coefficients, .... 



Computation of digestion coefficients, 

 Discussion of results, 

 English hay — basal, 

 English hay and gluten feed — basal, 

 English hay, potato starch and Diamond 

 Gluten feed — present experiments, 

 Gluten feed — earlier experiments, 

 Diamond gluten meal, . 

 English hay fed with wheat gluten flour 



gluten flour). 

 Corn bran, . 



Distillers' grains, . 



Feterita, 



Alfalfa, 



Roots and vegetables. 



Cabbage, . 



Carrots, . 



Mangels, . 



Pumpkins, 



Turnips, . 



Comparative summary, 

 Vegetable ivory meal, . 

 Vinegar grains. 



New Bedford garbage tankage. 

 New Bedford pig meal, . 

 Rowen, ... 



Soy bean hay, 



Stevens' "44" Dairy Ration, 

 Sudan grass. 

 Sweet clover, 

 Complete summary of the averages of all coefficients, 



the computation of digestion 



gluten meal — basal. 



(to note effect of the 



wheat 



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