104 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 152. 



Mellen's Food Refuse, Period XIII 



Sheep VI. 



Concluded. 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for both sheep, 1:9.52. 



Molassine Meal, Period XIV. 



Sheep I. 



600 grams English hay fed, 

 200 grams Molassine meal fed, 

 Amount fed, 

 11.95 grams waste. 

 Amount consumed, 

 265.45 grams manure excreted. 

 Grams digested, . 

 Minus hay digested, 

 Molassine meal digested, 

 Per cent, digested, 



537.60 

 161.62 



699.22 

 8.93 



690.29 

 244.74 



445.55 

 349.44 



96.11 

 59.47 



34.78 

 15.31 



50.09 

 1.21 



48.88 

 28.10 



20.78 

 10.78 



10.00 

 65.31 



47.85 

 20.19 



68.04 

 1.01 



67.03 

 32.35 



34.68 

 29.19 



5.49 

 27.19 



171.44 

 12.59 



184.03 

 1.48 



182.55 

 60.70 



121.85 

 120.01 



1.84 

 14.61 



268.53 

 112.56 



381.09 

 5.10 



375.99 

 115.81 



260.18 

 179.92 



80.26 

 71.30 



Average nutritive ratio of ration, 1:11.5. 



Brook Farm Hay, Period XIV. 



Sheep V. 



750 grams Brook Farm hay fed, 

 309.50 grams manure excreted. 

 Grams digested, . 

 Per cent, digested. 



Average nutritive ratio of ration, 1:10.7. 



