1910.] 



rUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 



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Series XII., Period VII. 



[600 grams Englisli liay, 200 grains gluten feed, 200 grams molasses, 10 grams salt.] 

 (a) Coefficients for Molasses. 



Dry Matter. 



Ash. 



Crude Protein. 



Extract Matter. 



Paige Sheep IV., 

 Paige Sheep V., 



76.78 

 73.71 



76.59 

 81.06 



85.72 

 84.21 



The nutritive ratio of the hay and gluten-feed ration was 

 1 : 5.2, and with the addition of 200 grams molasses, 1 : 6.7 ; mo- 

 lasses composed 17.2 per cent, of the dry matter of the total ra- 

 tion. The depression observed was 18.2 grams of dry matter and 

 17.05 grams of organic matter per 100 grams of molasses fed, 

 and is equivalent to 25 per cent, of the dry matter of the molasses 

 fed. The feeding of 200 grams of molasses caused a loss of 

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

 Both sheep lost in weight during the experiment, Sheep IV. 

 losing 4 pounds and Sheep V. 5 pounds. This is not what would 

 be expected from animals receiving more than a maintenance 



