334 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 181, 



Siveet Clover Hay, Wyoming Station, Bulletin No. 78. 



» Massachusetts Station'. 



Sheep IV. in Scries XXL, and Sheep IX. in Series XXII. did not seem 

 able to digest the clover as well as the other two sheep. The slight 

 variation in the stage of growth of the clover appeared to be without 

 influence on its digestibility. The young sheep IX. and XL did not 

 digest the fiber as well as did the old sheep IV. and VI. Sweet clover cut 

 previous to blooming appeared to be quite well utilized, and showed 

 rather higher coefficients than those for alfalfa or clover cut in bloom. The 

 results of the Wyoming Station with sweet clover hay cut at an advanced 

 stage of growth indicate that with the exception of the fiber it is as fully 

 digestible as either alfalfa or clover hay. 



Table VI. 



Complete Summary of the Averages of All Coeffi- 

 cients, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. 



Number 



of 

 Single 

 Trials. 



Dry 

 Matter 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Nitro- 

 gen-free 

 Ex- 

 tract. 



Alfalfa, . 



Cabbage (entire), . 



Cabbage (heads), . 



Cabbage (leaves), . 



Carrots, . 



Corn bran. 



Distillers' grains, . 



English hay — basal 



English hay and gluten feed — basal, 



English hay, potato starch and 

 gluten meal (Diamond) — basal. 



English hay and wheat gluten flour 

 {to note effect of the flour). 



Feterita, 



Gluten feed, 



42.61 

 56.97 

 77.29 

 44.97 

 64.40 



36.31 

 36.31 

 33.25 

 20.16 

 43.00 



71.78 

 86.13 

 76.54 

 63.80 

 89.05 

 43.77 

 77.05 

 49.78 

 66.39 

 72.98 

 44.00 

 50.67 

 85.44 



46.40 

 91.03 



112.27 

 78.23 



129.47 

 75.92 

 44.44 

 64.10 

 67.75 

 63.54 

 62.00 



66.12 

 95.86 



102.32 

 84.34 



104.75 

 85.15 

 67.38 



80.67 

 61.00 

 87.76 

 93.77 



23.62 

 69.72 

 42.67 

 37.39 

 114.66 

 65.53 

 83.70 

 46.34 

 51.89 

 37.16 

 43.00 

 58.70 

 64.41 



