DIGESTION" EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE 

 DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. 



Sheep I. 

 Oat hay (cut when in 



bloom) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested 



Sheep II. 

 Oat haj' (cut when in 



bloom) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested 



Sheep III. 

 Oat hay (cut when in 



bloom) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested 



Sheep IV. 

 Oat hay (cut when in 



bloom) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested 



Average .\,.... 



Grams. 



2205.9 

 1051.7 



1154.2 



52.3 



2205.9 

 1084.6 



1121.3 



50.8 



2941.2 

 1332.4 



1608.8 



54.7 



735.3 



298.3 



437.0 

 .59.4 

 54.3 



2039.4 

 963.9 



1075.5 



52.2 



2039.4 

 1008.8 



1030.6 



50.5 



2719.2 

 1220.0 



1499.2 



51.4 



679.8 

 266.8 



413.0 



60.8 



53.7 



Grams. 



Grams. 



106.5 



87.8 



217.5 

 101.5 



78.7 



116.0 



47.3 



53.3 



166.5 



75.8 



217.5 



95.7 



90.7 



121. S 



54.5 



56.0 



222.0 

 112.4 



290.0 

 122.8 



109.6 



167.2 



49.3 



57.7 



55.5 

 31.5 



72.5 



38.4 



24.0 



34.1 



43.2 



46.9 



48. 6 



53.5 



Grams. 1 Grams. 



809.4 

 351.1 



458.3 



56.6 



809.4 

 373.0 



436.4 



53.9 



1079.2 

 452.0 



627.2 



58.1 



269. S 

 78.9 



190.9 



70.8 



59.9 



957.3 

 484.6 



472.7 



49.4 



957.3 

 509.0 



448.3 



46.8 



1276.4 

 609.7 



666.7 



52.2 



319.1 

 139.6 



179.5 



56.3 



51.2 



55.2 

 26.7 



28.5 



51.(1 



55 . 2 

 31.1 



24.1 



43.7 



73.6 

 35.5 



38.1 



51.8 



18.4 

 9.9 



8.5 



46.2 



48.3 



FUEL VALUE OF FOOD FOR FIVE DAYS AS DETERMINED BY THE BOMB 



CALORIMETER. 













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Calories. 



Calories. 



Calories. 



Calories. 



Calories. 



% 



Sheep I 



9931 



4990 



4941 



101 



5042 



50.77 



Sheep II 



9931 



5306 



4625 



106 



4731 



47.64 



Sheep III 



13241 

 3310 



6294 

 1412 



6947 

 1898 



145 

 30 



7092 

 192S 



53 . 56 



Sheep IV 



58.25 







