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Period VII. — Concluded. 

 Old Sheep III. 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for two sheep, 1 : 14.6. 



Period VIII. 



Young Sheep I, 



Yoitvg Sheep II. 



800 grams English hay fed, . 

 308.60 gi-ams manure excreted. 

 Grams digested. 

 Per cent, digested, . 



708.16 

 290.11 



418.05 

 59.03 



59.70 

 33.57 



26.13 

 43.77 



61.61 

 32.43 



29.18 

 47.36 



227.82 

 88.37 



139.45 

 61.21 



342.25 

 127.82 



214.43 



62.65 



16.78 

 7.92 



8.86 

 52.80 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for three sheep, 1 : 12.3. 



