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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Table II. — Showing Average. Digestion Coefficients obtained with 



Two Sheep. 



Table III. — Shoiving Pounds of Digestible Organic Matter in 

 2^000 Pounds of the Several Hays, assuming Each Hay to 

 contain an Average Amount of Water (15 Per Cent.). 



The teachings of the above tables will be found summarized 

 at the beginning of the article. The writer has hesitated 

 about making too sharp distinctions between the several 

 kinds of salt hay, in view of the fact that he has worked 

 with but one sample of each kind. It is well known that 

 late-cut hays are inferior in per cent, of protein and less 

 digestible than early-cut hays ; and the writer has no means 

 of knowing with certainty, either from the appearance of 

 the samples or otherwise, whether or not they were cut at 

 the same stage of growth. Very few blossoms were to be 

 found indicative of an early cutting. It is also recognized 

 that the condition and situation of the land exert an influ- 

 ence upon the quality of the hay. On the other hand, the 

 hays were selected by men practically familiar with such 

 material, and pronounced fair samples of their kind. 



