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These figures agree with those secured in this laboraton-. Thej' show 

 a high water content in the natural fruit and a relatively high percentage 

 of crude protein. The seed is shown to be particularly rich in protein and 

 oil, and quite low in carbohj^drate matter. 



DIGESTIBILITY OF PUMPKINS. 



A number of digestion trials were made in two successive years, using 

 two sheep in each case. The pumpkins were fed together with hay and 

 also with hay and gluten feed as basal rations. The entire details of the 

 experiment will be pubhshed elsewhere. The coefficients of digestibiHty 

 only are given in the table on page 63. 



