Digestion Experiments With Wethers. 29 



by the Utah Experiment Station using two steers; -and one by 

 the Colorado Experiment Station using two steers. 



Other experiments which have appeared since the com- 

 pilation of Jordan and Hall are as follows : 



Kansas Experiment Station, Bulletin 103 Steers : 



Nitrogen- 

 Dry Ether Crude Crude free 

 matter Ash extract fiber protein extract 

 First cutting- 

 Plants in bloom 59.40 63.49 60.00 46.10 78.52 75.31 



Second cutting 



Plants 50% in bloom. 58.29 56.41 30.39 50.44 75.14 71.99 

 Third cutting- 

 Plants in full bloom. 60.03 60.90 51.65 50.63 76.70 75.24 



Minnesota Experiment Station, Bulletin 80 Steers : 



Nitrogen- 

 Dry Ether Crude Crude free 

 matter Ash extract fiber protein extract 

 Alfalfa hay 65.84 51.40 55.88 57.57 75.38 71.86 



Ontario Agricultural College and Experiment Farm Re- 

 port, 1898 Sheep: 



Nitrogen- 

 Dry Ether Crude Crude free 

 matter Ash extract fiber protein extract 



First cutting 58.6 .... 48.8 39.1 73.4 71.S 



Second cutting 56.2 .... 50.4 37.7 72.8 70.1 



Third cutting 51.3 .... 44.1 37.1 64.4 64.0 



Colorado Experiment Station, Bulletin 93 Sheep : 



Nitrogen- 

 Dry Ether Crude Crude free 

 matter Ash extract fiber protein extract 

 First cutting Series II... 62.05 57.67 29.86 49.93 72.54 70.78 



These give average digestion coefficients as follows : 



Nitrogen- 

 Dry Ether Crude Crude free 

 matter Ash extract fiber protein extract 



Alfalfa hay* 60.91 53.36 48.92 46.95 73.16 72.23 



Second cuttingf 57.16 47.20 44.93 45.71 74.98 6870 



All cuttingsj 58.94 52.68 47.64 46.05 73.18 ' 70.79 



*Averages of New York State Station and Utah Station, from Jordan 

 and Hall, "The Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs," Bulletin No. 

 77, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Kansas Experiment Station, Bulletin 

 No. 103; Minnesota Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 80; Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College and Experimental Farm Report, 1898; Colorado Experiment 

 Station, Bulletin No. 93, first cutting, Series II. 



tAverages of Colorado Station, from Jordan and Hall, "The Digesti- 

 bility of American Feeding Stuffs," Bulletin No. 77, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture; Kansas Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 103; and Ontario 

 Agricultural College and Experimental Farm Report, 1898. 



JAverages of New York State Station, Utah Station, and Colorado 

 Station, from Jordan and Hall, "The Digestibility of American Feeding 

 Stuffs," Bulletin No. 77. U. S. Department of Agriculture; Kansas Experi- 

 ment Station, Bulletin No. 103; Minnesota Experiment Station, Bulletin 

 No. 80; Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm Report 

 1898; Colorado Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 93. 



