AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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TABLE XVI. 



COMBINATION OF HAY AND FIELD CORN SILAGE. 



Sheep 1. 



3 



< 



.2 -■ 



OS 







o 



II 

 "AC, 





Dry matter eaten 



2 297 



115.8 



2,171.1 



218.1 



639.5 



1,223.7 



89.7 



Auiount actually digested 



1,690.5 



57 



1,623.4 



149.6 



449.2 



952.3 



72.1 



Amount digested as calculated 

 from results -with foods fed 



1,454 

 73.6 





1,409 

 74. S 



129.2 



375.5 



837.7 



66.6 



Per cent actually digested* 



49 



68.6 



70.3 



77.8 



80.4 



Per cent digested as per calcula- 



63.3 



- 



64.9 



59.2 



58.7 



68.5 



74.2 



Sheep 2. 





Total fed— same as Sheep 1. 



















1,525.2 



1,440.6 

 66.4 



36.2 



1,479 



1,397 3 

 68.1 



123.6 



411.8 



881.9 



61.6 



Amoiint digested as calculated 

 from results -with foods ted 





119.4 



378.8 



839.2 



59 



Per cent actualls' digested.... 



- 



56.7 



64.4 



72.1 



68.7 



Per cent digested as per calcula- 

 tion 



62.7 





64.3 



54.8 



59.2 



68.6 



65.8 



Sheep 3. 

















Total fed— same as Sheep 1. 

















Amount actually digested 



1,540.7 



- 



1,4SS.S 



130 



403.2 



890 



65.6 



Anaount digested as calculated 

 from results with foods fed 



1,460.6 

 67.1 





1,415.1 



68.6 



l''6.2 



374.9 



848.4 



64.1 







59.6 



63.1 





73.2 



Per cent digested as per calcula- 

 tion 



63.6 



_ 



65.1 



57.9 



58.6 



69.4 



71.5 



Average per ct. actually digestedf 



66.7 



- 



6S.3 



58.1 



63.7 



72.4 



70.9 



Average per cent digested as per 



63.1 



- 



64.7 



56.3 



58.9 



69 



68.6 







* These coefficients are evidently too high. 

 t Average to Sheep 2 and 3. 



The outcome of these experiments does not give quite so definite 

 testimony as is desirable. In the case of the hay and southern 

 corn silage combination the calculated and the actual digestibility 

 agree very closely, while with the hay and field corn silage the 

 actual digestibility is about 3.5 per cent greater than the calculated. 

 Although this difference is not large, and might occur within the 

 limitations of error with a single experiment, it seems desirable to 

 secure additional evidence before formulating conclusions. 



