17 



POUNDS DIGESTIBLE IN ONE TON. 



The salt hays, on the basis of the water they contained at the time 

 of the experiment, showed, with one exception, from 13 to IG per 

 cen^ less digestible matter than was found in a ton of Englihh hay. 

 Branch grass will be considered further on. 



During the year 18'J4 we received, as already stated, three typical 

 samples of hay made from black, fox, and branch grasses, from 

 which digestion experiments were made. In order to get all the 

 light possible, it is now proposed to note the amounts of digestible 

 matter in one ton of those samples, and also in one ton of our pres- 

 ent samples, first on the basis of water free substance. 



POUNDS WATER FREE SUBSTANCE DIGESTIBLE IN 2000 LBS. 



