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starch. The sample tested for digestibility was of good 

 average quality. The present trial was made with three 

 sheep, but Sheep I. and Sheep II. digested so unevenly 

 that the results were discarded, it being evident that their 

 digestion powers had become weakened by continued use. 

 The results with Sheep III. show the hominy to be fully 

 as digestible as corn meal. The addition to the hay of even 

 a carbohydrate feed, such as hominy, seemed to have in- 

 creased the digestibility of the fiber in the hay, judging 

 from the coefficients obtained for the hominy fiber. 



