EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING. 



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at Hadmersleben, Germany, with two series of sheep fed for 101 

 days with the following rations, for ten animals per diem: 



EXPERIMENTAL RATIONS FED TO TEN SHEEP (HADMERSLEBEN, GERMANY). 



Siloed. 



2 Dried. 



The last series of tables herewith shows the economy and the 

 profits of this system of feeding. Notwithstanding the heavy 

 percentage of water contained in the soured cossettes, sheep, in 

 order to quench their thirst, were obliged to drink water placed 

 at their disposal, which in all cases was ad libitum. They con- 

 sumed an additional 1.8 kilo, per diem and per capita, which 

 in other words means 61 per cent, more than the animals fed 



