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Summary of Coefficieids (Per Cent.') — Concluded. 



The Results discussed. 



The more important results obtained from the several 

 digestion experiments, the details of which are reported in 

 the previous tables, are discussed as follows : — 



8oij Bean Fodder (Brooks Medium Green). — The yield 

 of fodder was light (about (3 tons to the acre), due to the 

 cool summer of 1903. The plants were quite green, thickly 

 set with leaves, well podded and the seed fairly well devel- 

 oped. In common with other legumes at a similar stage of 

 growth, the fodder showed a noticeably high protein per- 

 centage, and onl}^ moderate quantities of fiber and extract 

 matter. The three sheep ate the fodder readily and digested 

 it quite evenly. Sheep II. refused small quantities of the 

 coarse stems. The results agree fairly well with those already 



on record.^ 



Summary of Experiinent (^Per Cent.). 



1 See especially Phelps' work in the reports of the Storrs Experiment Station for 1896 

 and 1898, and the summary reported in Lindsey's compilation, fourteenth report of the 

 Hatch Exi)eriiiient Station, p. 198. 



2 Organic ni.atter. 



