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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Period XI. — Concluded. 

 Old Sheep III. 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for two sheep, 1: 9.2. 



Period XII. 



Paige Sheep IV. 



Daily Record. 



Dry 



Matter. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 Extract. 



550 grams English hay fed, . 

 300 grams hominy feed, . 

 Amount consumed, . 

 253.67 grams manure excreted, 

 Grams digested. 

 Minus hay digested. 

 Hominy feed digested^ . 

 Per cent, digested, . 



498.41 

 272.22 



40.87 

 7.57 



43.31 

 31.55 



160.19 

 14.37 



242.03 

 194.75 



770.63 

 238.68 



48.44 

 29.05 



74.86 

 30.43 



174.56 

 65.95 



436.78 

 104.26 



531.95 



288.98 



19.39 

 16.56 



44.43 

 23.22 



108.61 

 94.61 



332.52 

 148.63 



242.97 



89.26 



2.83 

 37.38 



21.21 

 67.23 



14.00 

 97.43 



183.89 

 94.42 



Paige Sheep V. 



Average nutritive ratio of rations for two sheep, 1: 10.9. 



