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MAINE 51ATE COLLEGE 



TABLE XXI. 



DIGESTIBIUir OF HAT AXD FIEIJ> CORK SELAGE. 



Sheep l. 





O 52 



r®^ 





Hay led in 5 days, l^iOO grs — . 

 Silage fcfd in 5 days, n.000 grs 



Totalfed 



Amount excreted In 5 days . . 



Amount digested 



Per_cent digested 



Sheep 2. 



Total fed in 5 davs 



Excreted in 5 day 3.... 



Amount digested 



Per cent digested 



Sheep 3. 



Totalfed in 5 days 



Excreted in 3 days 



Amount digested 



Per cent digeste i 





2.2Sf7 U3. 



Jl 58. 



606. 



37.0 



1,690.3 37 

 73.6 49 



3,397 lis. 



Til.Sii 79. 



1,525.2 36.: 

 66.* - 



2,297 



1,^0.7 



113.S 

 74 



41.8 



l,^tl.4 



99.9 

 118.6 



3,171.1 

 547. 



218.1 

 68.5 



1,6S.4 



74.8 



2^171.1 

 693.1 



149.6 

 68.6 



318.1 

 94.5 



MT9 



3,171.1 



em.s 



1S.6 

 56 



318.1 

 8B.1 



130 

 59.6 



431.4 

 318.1 



679.6 

 544.1 



639.5 

 190.3 



1,223. 

 371.4J 



449.3 

 70.3 



639.3 



S7.7 



952.3 



1,223.7 

 341.8 



411.8 



639.3 

 336.3 



4<l».3 

 63.1 



8S1.9 

 73.1 



1,233.7 

 33S.7 



73.7 



40.8 



4S.9 



17.6 



73.1 

 80.4 



38.1 



61.6 

 68.7 



34.1 



^.6 

 73.2 



FEEDIA'G EXPEEBrEXTS. 



LaR'-^e or S:-:all Hay Eatiox. 



One of the =nb;^ecta that have received more or less attention at 

 farmers' institiates in the past is the amount of hay that can be prof- 

 itably fed to milch cows I: has ':ee:i claimed on the ;: ar: -o: some 

 of our prominent farmers that i: nay is tl-e only coarse foo'i t_at a 

 cow of ordinary size is eating, fifteen pounds is as much as she 

 will consume with pront when combined with a fairly liberal grain 

 ration. 



Some have gone so far as to claim that the yield of milk and 

 butter *:':m the ffreen ^-junls of hay has. in tiiei: ex-: erience. been 

 as lai'ge as from twenty pounds, the grain ration oeing tne same in 

 both cases, and have explained such a result on the ground that 



