AGRIC1 LTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



19 



i9 shown in part by the fact the excess of digestibility of the latter 

 variety falls largely upon the nitrogen-free extract. 



(4) Dr. Stone's investigations of samples of foods arid faeces 

 from digestion experiments conducted at this Station show that the 

 pentosans (vegetable gums) were present in all the foods studied, 

 and were digested from 45 per cent to 76 per cent. Dr. Stone 

 observes that there is good reason for believing that even such por- 

 tions of the pentosans as are dissolved in the digestive tract are, 

 after all, not assimilated. 



DATA PERTAINING TO DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS. 



TABLE XXII a. 

 COMPOSITION OF THE FECES. 





in 100 parts of dry matter. 





< 



= . 



Z 



'— 



a 

 i — 



: r- 

 - - - 



i 



CXLVII— Southern Corn fodder, Sheep 1 



Sheep 3 



CXL VI— Field Corn fodder, Sheep 1 



Sheep 3 



CXLVIII — Sweet Corn fodder, Sheep 2 



10.56 

 11.45 

 11.38 

 11.16 

 11.98 

 11.54 

 11.93 

 15.33 

 12.48 

 10.25 

 L8.55 

 19-43 



13.15 



15.45 

 13.57 



11.32 



13.40 

 14.69 

 15.89 

 14.00 

 14.27 

 12.35 

 14.07 

 11.34 

 11.72 

 12.80 

 12.02 

 14.15 

 14.32 

 L4.87 

 14.65 



27.84 

 25.45 

 23.43 

 22.01 

 23-70 

 23.02 

 27.84 

 21.30 

 2l.4<l 

 29.68 

 21.77 

 20.56 

 10.84 

 24.91 

 23.82 

 24.21 



48.(4 

 47.30 

 47.34 

 4-. 41 

 47.34 

 48.55 

 45.37 

 45.53 

 51.62 

 43.90 

 44.60 

 44. 4ti 

 14.88 

 44.91 

 42.78 

 44.83 



2.24 

 2.35 

 3.14 

 2.53 





2.62 



CLXX— Southern Corn silage, Sheep 1, 2, 3, 4.. . 



CLXXI— Field Corn silagej Sheep 1, 2, 3, 4 



CLXXIII— Field Corn silage, Sheep 1, 3 



CLXXIV— Barley Hay, Sheep 1, 2, 3, 4 



2.51 



3.17 

 3.16 

 4.45 



CCXXXIII— Field Corn fodder, Sheep 1 



Sheep 3 



Sheep 4 



CC XX VII— Field Corn fodder, Sheep 1 



Sbeep 3 



2.2a 



2.63 

 2.51 



2.71 



- 



Sheep 4 



2.74 



