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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



matter and 31.07 grams of organic matter per 100 grams of 

 molasses, and is equivalent to 47 per cent, of the molasses fed. 

 The feeding of 100 grams of molasses caused a loss of 8.3 per 

 cent, in the digestibility of the hay-gluten-feed ration. Sheep 

 IV. showed considerably more depression than Sheep III. ; the 

 former sheep lost ^ pound and the latter gained 2 pounds in 

 weight during the seven days of the trial. 



Series XII., Period V. 



[600 grams hay, 200 grams gluten feed, 100 grams molasses, 10 grams salt.] 

 (a) Coefficients for Molasses. 



('•) Average, Sheep IV. and V. (Grams). 



Dry 



Matter. 



Ash. 



Crude 

 Protein. 



Fiber. 



Extract 

 Matter. 



Fat. 



Digested of 600 gi-ams hay and 200 grams 

 gluten feed when fed without molasses. 



Digested of hay and gluten feed plus 100 

 grams molasses, 



Minus 100 grams molasses, all digested, 



Remains for liay and glu 

 wlicn fed with molasses 



Difference or depression. 



Remains for liay and gluten feed digested 

 wlicn fed with molasses, . 



515.72 



552.83 

 73.37 



479.46 

 -36.26 



15.39 



18.83 

 5.34 



13.49 

 -1.90 



82.23 



78.03 

 2.79 



75.24 

 —6.99 



145.12 

 137.16 



137.16 

 —7.96 



262.16 



307.72 

 65.24 



242.48 

 —19.68 



10.87 

 11.08 



11.08 

 + .21 



The nutritive ratio of the hay-gluten-feed ration was 1 : 5.2, 

 and (if the hay-gluten-fecd-molasses ration, 1:6; molasses re- 

 presented 9.4 per cent, of the dry matter of the total ration. 



