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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Period XI. — Concluded. 

 Old Sheep III. 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for two sheep, 1: 9.2. 



Period XII. 



Paige Sheep IV. 



Daily Record. 



Dry 



Matter. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 Extract. 



Fat. 



550 grams English hay fed, . 

 300 grams hominy feed, . 

 Amount consumed, . 

 253.67 grams manure excreted, 

 Grams digested. 

 Minus hay digested, 

 Hominy feed digested, . 

 Per cent, digested, . 



498.41 

 272.22 



40.87 

 7.57 



43.31 

 31.55 



160.19 

 14.37 



242.03 

 194.75 



770.63 



238.68 



531.95 



288.98 



48.44 

 29.05 

 19.39 

 16.56 



74.86 

 30.43 



174.56 

 65.95 



436.78 

 104.26 



44.43 

 23.22 



108.61 

 94.61 



332.52 

 148.63 



242.97 

 89.26 



2.83 

 37.38 



21.21 

 67.23 



14.00 

 97.43 



183.89 

 94.42 



12.01 

 23.98 



35.99 

 9.00 



26.99 

 5.74 



21.25 



88.62 



Paige Sheep V. 



Amount consumed as above, . 



263.07 grams manure excreted. 



Grams digested, 



Minns hay digested. 



Hominy feed digested, . 



Per cent, digested, . 



Average per cent, two sheep digested 



770.63 



247.81 



522.82 



288.98 



233.84 



85.90 



48.44 

 27.31 



21.13 

 16.56 



4.57 

 60.37 



74.86 



28.97 



45.89 

 23.22 



22.67 

 71.85 



69.54 



174.56 

 70.97 



103.59 

 94.61 



8.98 

 62.49 



436.78 

 111.34 



325.44 

 148.63 



176.81 

 90.79 



92.61 



35.99 

 9.22 



26.77 

 5.74 



21.03 



87.70 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for two sheep, 1 : 10.9. 



