AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 





Coefficients of digestibility. 

























a 







2 







. 







^ 





o « 







d 



^ 



II 



o 



S 



be a 



, ? 







Q = 



<; 



C M 



Ph 



^ 



«c:-J 



^ 



Timothy haj', »iOO grs 



daily, Sheep 1 

 Sheep 2. 

 Sheep 3. 



Average 



Silage, Southern corn, -2,000 

 grs. daily. Sheep 1. 



Silage, Southern corn, *2,o00 

 grs. daily. Sheep 2 



Silage, Southern corn, 2,500 

 grs. daily. Sheep 3. 



Average 



Silage, Maine Flint corn, 

 2,000 gr3. daily. 



Sheep 1. 

 Sheep 2. 

 Sheep 3. 



Average 



Combination Southern corn 

 silage and haj'. Sheep 1. 



Sheep 2. 



Sheep 3. 



Average 



Combination field corn 

 silage and hav. 



Average sheep 2 and 3 



Sheep 1. 

 Sheep 2. 

 Sheep 3. 



54.4 

 52.7 

 54.1 



53.7 

 64.6 

 64.5 

 61.8 



63.6 



75.1 



76 



76.3 



70./ 



55.1 



58. 9 



73.6 

 66.4 

 67.1 



28.8 

 28.2 

 31.3 



29.4 



52.3 



50 



49.6 



41 



.39.4 



39 



39.8 



30.6 

 38.4 

 37.4 



35.6 



55.7 



54 



55.3 



55 



65. 



65.8 



63.1 



64.8 



78.2 

 78.4 



7 (.9 



56.8 

 60.3 



5S.4 



58.5 



74.8 

 68.1 

 68.6 



48.2 

 42.7 

 44.7 

 45.2 



59.8 



59.7 



59.9 



68.5 

 64.9 

 68.9 



67.4 



50.9 



52 



51.4 



51.4 



68.6 

 56.7 

 59.6 



48.7 

 48.9 

 48.5 



48. 



61.3 

 59.6 

 61.2 



60. 



3.5i 65.1 



65.8 



67.5 



78.1 

 79.2 



78.2 



78.5 



54.2 



56 



53.9 



58.1 



54.7 



70.3 

 64.4 

 63.1 



63.7 



65.3 



64.1 



77.4 

 79.8 



78.9 



59.3 

 62.9 

 61 



61.3 



77.8 

 72.1 



72.4 



57.2 

 41.8 

 52.7 



50.6 



67.8 



67.6 



68.4 



88.5 

 85.8 

 87.2 

 87.1 



59 



64.4 



65 



62.8 



80.4 

 68.7 

 73.2 

 70.9 



* For analj'ses of materials see report of L. H. Merrill. 



It will be observed that the digestibility of both the hay and the 

 silages was determined with these foods when eaten alone. 



Having these figtires it is possible to calculate the digestibility of 

 a known mixture of hay and silage, assuming that the one has no 

 influence on the other. But this is the point in question and in 

 Tables XV and XVI we have a comparison of the theoretical 

 digestibility with what actually occurred. 



