was in a condition to be mixed together Jthoroughly, when a 



small sample was taken for an analysis. 



The composition of the dung of each pig is shown in the 



following table : 



TABLE II. 



During the digestion period Pig A consumed twenty-two 

 pounds and five ounces of corn meal, twenty-two pounds and five 

 ounces of middlings, together with eighty-four and one-half 

 pounds of water, and voided ten pounds and ninety-three one- 

 hundredths of dung. 



Pig B consumed forty-two pounds of corn meal, seventy-seven 

 pounds skim-milk, and twenty-one pounds of water, and voided 

 six pounds and sixty-seven one hundredths of dung. From 

 these figures and the composition of the food stuffs and dung, is 

 calculated the following table, showing the amount of each nu- 

 trient eaten, voided and digested ; the amount digested being 

 the difference between the amount eaten and the amount ob- 

 tained in the dung. 



TABLE III. 



By this table it is shown that Pig B, on the skimmilk ration, 

 consumed more food than Pig A, and digested more of each nu- 



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