166 AGEICULTURAL EXPERI^IENT STATION. [Jan. 



Period II. 



English Hay (h). 

 Sheep I. 



Dry 



Matter. 



Crude 

 Cellulose. 



Crude 

 Fat. 



Crude 

 Protein. 



Extract 

 Matter. 



900 grams hay fed, 



399.76 grams manure air dry, 



Grams digested, . 



Per cent, digested. 



790.30 

 364.34 



256.84 

 114.19 



425.96 

 53.89 



142.65 

 55.54 



18.10 

 9.65 



8.45 

 46.67 



76.97 

 32.97 



44.00 

 67.16 



375.24 

 166.00 



209.24 

 55.76 



Sheep II. 



English Hay (c). 

 Sheep HI. 



Sheep IV. 



Average nutritive ratio of ration for Sheep I., HE. and IV., 1 : 8.59. 



Hays h and c were from the same lot, but the tests were 

 made at difl'erent times and two separate samples were taken. 

 The average of the analyses of the two analyses and of the 

 digestion coefficients from Sheep I., III. and IV. was used in 

 computing the digestibility of the grains fed. This average 



