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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



(&) Depression noted (Grams). 



Old Sheep II. 



Dry 



Matter. 



Ash. 



Crude 

 Protein 



Fiber. 



Extract 

 Matter. 



Fat. 



Digested of 800 grams liay when fed alone, 



Digested of 800 grams hay plus 100 grams 

 molasses, 



Minus 100 grams molasses fed, assumed to 

 be all digested, 



Remains for 800 grams hay digested when 

 fed with molasses, 



Difference or depression, .... 



476.72 



527.44 



73.45 



453.99 

 -22.73 



23.31 



23.17 



5.35 



17.82 

 —5.49 



53.52 



51.88 



2.79 



49.09 

 —4.43 



179.27 

 177.82 



177.82 

 —1.45 



208.31 



265.30 



65.31 



199.99 

 —8.32 



10.67 

 9.27 



9.27 

 -1.40 



Old Sheep III. 



Digested of 800 grams hay when fed alone. 



Digested of 800 grams hay plus 100 grams 

 molasses 



Minus 100 grams molasses fed, assumed to 

 be all digested 



Remains for 80O grams hay digested whcu 

 fed with molasses, . ' . 



Diflference or depression 



10.67 

 10.56 



10.56 

 — .11 



'When the hay was fed hy itself the nutritive ratio of the 

 digestible ingredients was 1 : 7.7, and when fed with molasses, 

 1:9; molasses constituted 9.5 per cent, of the dry matter of the 

 hay-molasses ration. In case of Sheep II. the 100 grains of 

 molasses created a very marked depression in the digestibility of 

 the several ingredients of the hay, namely, 21.09 (22.73) grams 

 of dry matter, equal to 4.7 per cent. In case of Sheep III. 

 there appears to have been a very slight gain in the digestibility 

 of the hay. 



Series XIII., Period I. 



[600 grams hay, 100 grams Porfo Rico molasses, 10 grams salt.] 

 (a) Coefficients for Molasses. 



