AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



COMPOSITION OF FECES. 



41 



FKOM 1 



Fresh 

 feces. 



In 100 parts water-free 

 substance. 



s 

 s 



a 

 iz; 



o 

 55 



FODDER. 





o 



a 

 d 

 fi ' 

 Xi 



>> 



P 



.a 

 tn 



< 



ti 



2 

 o 





3 

 ? 



If 



Em 



LXXXVI.. 

 LXXXVII. 

 LXXXVIII 

 LXXXIX. . 



XCVI 



XOVII 



xc 



Timothy, Early Cut, Sheep 1 



" " " " 2 



Timothy, Late Cut, " 1 



♦' 2 



Wild Oat Grass, " 3 



" 4 



Red Top, " 1. ... 



" " " 2 



Blue Joint, " 3 



" " " 4 



Witch Grass, " 1 



" 2 



Alsike Clover, " 8 



" " " 4 



i 



56.04 

 61.46 

 79.05 



64.77 



61.10 

 47.60 

 60.00 

 56.38 

 67.42 

 72.55 

 67.55 

 70.57 

 76.25 



43.96 

 3S.54 

 20.95 

 35.23 



38.90 

 52.40 

 40.00 

 43.62 

 32.58 

 27.45 

 32.45 

 29.43 

 23.75 



6.54 

 7.10 

 7.10 

 5.78 



6.95 



7.59 

 7.89 

 8.84 

 9.75 

 9.56 

 7.91 

 9.20 

 9.42 



9.66 



10.16 



9.69 



8.63 



9.64 

 8.97 

 9.33 

 9.60 

 9.73 

 10.58 

 8.99 

 11.48 

 11.80 



fc 



.31.87 

 30.47 

 32.32 

 32.93 



28.06 

 29.31 

 29.25 

 32.78 

 31.12 

 33.40 

 85.30 

 36.80 

 35.44 



47.56 

 47.67 

 47.13 

 48.90 



51.19 

 49.56 

 49.25 

 44.75 

 45.69 

 42.81 

 44.35 

 38.27 

 39.69 



1o 



4.. 37 

 4.60 

 3.76 

 3.76 



4.16 

 4.57 

 4.28 

 4.03 

 3.71 

 3.65 

 3.45 

 4.25 

 3.65 



WEIGHTS OF FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED. 









Total 



food 1 



Total feces 









consumed in 



excreted in 









five dajs. 



five days. 





>i . 



a; 



cc 



bJ3 











^ CO 





^ 

 m 











!- CS 



c4 C5 



OJ 



o: ji 









<1 be 



^ bil 



fe 



^ 5b 



LXXXVI.. 



Timothy, Early Cut 



Sheep 1... 



3500 



3209.8 



2933 



1289-3 





"' 



- 2... 



3500 



3204.8 



3251 



1252.9 



LXXXVII.. 



Timothy, Late Cut, 



Sheep 1. .. 



3500 



3221. 



5985 



1253.9 



'' 



kfc t. 



'• 2... 



3500 



3221- 



4060 



1430.7 



LXXXVIII 



Wild Oat Grass, 



Sheep 3... 



3500 



3209-8 



3995 







" ki 



•' 4... 



3500 



3209.8 



2615 



1017.5 



LXXXIX.. 



Red Top, 



Sheep 1... 



3500 



3216. 



2377 



1245.6 







" 2... 



3500 



3216. 



3035 



1213.8 



XCVI 



Blue Joint, 



Sheep 3 . . . 



2100* 



1957.2 



1321* 



576.3 



'^ 





" 4... 



2100* 



1957.2 



2000* 



651.6 



XCVII 



Witch Grass, 



Slieep 1. .. 



2100* 



1964.6 



2667* 



7.S2.2 





'• 



«•• 2. . . 



2100* 



1964.6 



2296* 



745.2 



xc 





Sheep 3... 

 " 4... 



3500 

 3500 



3204.3 

 3204.3 



4233 

 4813 



1245.9 

 1142.9 



I. 





* For only three days. 



The next table gives the coefficients or percentages of digesti- 

 bility of the several hays. This table also shows somewhat in 

 detail the figures and method involved in the calculation from the 

 data of the two previous tables. 



