180 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Table II. — Pentosans in Manure excreted. 



•a 

 o 



(i> 



o 

 (5 



II. 



ni. 



IV. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



Foods Tested. 



Sheep n., 

 Sheep III., 

 Sheep IV., 



ITai/ (a). 



Buffalo Oluten Feed. 

 Sheep II., 

 Sheep IV., 



JTay (b). 



Sheep I., . 



Sheep II., 

 Sheep III., 

 Sheep IV., 



New-process Linseed Meal. 

 Sheep II , .... 

 Sheep III., .... 



Old-process Linseed Meal. 

 Sheep II., .... 



Sheep III. 



Sheep IV., .... 



Sheep I., . 

 Sheep II., 



Corn Cobs. 



Dried Brewers' Grains. 



Sheep I , 



Sheep II., . . . . 



Spj'ing W/ieat Bran. 

 Sheep II., . . . . 

 Sheep III., . . . . 



Winter WTieat Bran. 

 Sheep IV., 





as 



92.96 

 93.33 

 92.34 



91.54 

 92.20 



93.00 



92.-59 

 92.38 

 91.74 



94.62 

 94.57 



94.62 

 94.48 

 94.90 



93.25 

 92.71 



95.51 

 94.43 



94.76 

 94.73 



95.43 



O ^ 



CO *«-H .^ 



AiR-DRT Mate- 

 rial. 



Furfurol 



Hydrazon found 



(Grams). 



a. 



0.6996 

 0.6990 

 0.7395 



0.8520 

 0.8758 



I 0. 68801 



I 0.69201 



0.7390 



0.6804 



0.6657 



0.5210 

 0.63S7 



0.6762 

 0.6677 

 0.6520 



0.5940 

 0.6057 



0.8705 

 0.8756 



0.8573 

 0.8240 



0.7810 



b. 

 0.7210 



0.7060 

 0.7358 



0.8620 



0.8824 



0.7190 



0.7310 

 0.7149 

 0.6596 



0.5165 



0.6476 

 0.6390 

 0.6415 



0.5950 

 0.6140 



0.8500 

 0.8817 



0.8623 

 0.8400 



0.7730 



Dry Matter. 



goo 



3 OJ 3 



10.27 

 10.12 

 10.74 



10.07 

 10.26 



10.10 



10.67 



10.15 



9.71 



9.83 

 9.08 



9.41 

 9.29 

 9.17 



11.43 

 11.80 



12.20 

 12.52 



12.20 

 11.82 



10.94 



5 c a 



3 Li a 

 fcgPHCu 



19.20 

 18.92 

 20.08 



18.76 

 19.13 



18.91 



19.94 

 18.98 

 18.16 



18.45 

 16.97 



17.60 

 17.40 

 17.15 



21.40 

 22.08 



22.60 

 23.34 



22.76 

 22.04 



20.45 



The data furnished in the above tables enable us to calcu- 

 late the digestibility of the pentosans, as found in the tables 



following : — 



