180 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Table II. — Pentosans in Manure excreted. 



II. 



ni. 



IV. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



Foods Tested. 



Sheep II., 

 Sheep III., 

 Sheep IV., 



nay (a). 



Buffalo Oltiten Feed. 

 Sheep II., 

 Sheep IV., 



iray (i). 



Sheep I., . 



Shfpp II., 

 Sheep III., 

 Sheep IV., 



New-process Linseed Meal. 



Sheep II 



Sheep III., .... 



Old-process Linseed Meal. 

 Sheep II., .... 



Sheep III., .... 

 Sheep IV., .... 



Sheep I., . 

 Sheep II., 



Corn Cobs. 



Dried Bren^ers' Grains. 



Sheep I , 



Sheep II., .... 



Spring W/ieat Bran. 

 Sheep II., 

 Sheep III., 



Winter Wheat Bran. 

 Sheep IV., 



2 ^ a 



92.96 

 92.34 



91.54 

 92.20 



92.59 

 92. 3S 

 91.74 



94.62 

 94.57 



94.62 

 94.48 

 94.90 



93.25 

 92.71 



95.51 

 94.43 



94.76 

 94.73 



O 



Air-dry Mate- 

 rial. 



Furfurol 



Hydrazon found 



(Grams). 



0.6996 

 0.6990 

 0.7395 



0.8520 

 0.8758 



0.6880, 

 0.6920' 

 0.7390 

 0.6804 

 0.6657 



0.5210 

 0.6387 



0.6762 

 0.6677 

 0.6520 



0.5940 

 0.6057 



0.8705 

 0.8756 



0.8573 

 0.8240 



0.7810 



b. 

 0.7210 



0.7060 

 0.7368 



0.8620 

 0.8824 



0.7190 



0.7310 

 0.7149 

 0.6696 



0.6476 

 0.6390 

 0.6415 



0.5950 

 0.6140 



0.8500 

 0.8817 



0.8623 

 0.8400 



Dry Matter. 



SCO 

 7 a> s 



S = a 



10.27 

 10.12 

 10.74 



10.07 

 10.26 



10.67 

 10.15 

 9.71 



9.83 

 9.08 



9.41 

 9.29 

 9.17 



11.43 

 11.80 



12.20 

 12.52 



12.20 

 11.82 



19.20 

 18.92 

 20.08 



18.76 

 19.13 



19.94 

 18.98 

 18.16 



18.45 

 16.97 



17.60 

 17.40 

 17.15 



21.40 

 22.08 



22.60 

 23.34 



22.76 

 22.04 



The data furnished in the ahove tallies enahle ii.'^ to calcu- 

 late the diaet^til)ility of the pentosans, as found in the tables 



following : — 



