DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 



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TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE 

 DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. 



Sheep I. 

 Oat hay (cut when in 



milk) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested . 



Sheep II. 

 Oat hay (cut when in 



milk) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested . 



Sheep III. 

 Oat hay (cut when In 



milk) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested 



Sheep IV. 

 Oat hay (cut when in 



milk) 



Feces 



Digested 



Per cent digested. 

 Average 



Grams 



2805.2 

 146(;.6 



1338.6 



47.7 



1468.2 

 694.5 



773.7 



52.7 



2936.4 

 1431.4 



1505.0 



51.2 



1226.2 

 493.8 



732.4 



59.7 



52.8 



2632.8 

 1353.3 



1279.5 



48.5 



1376.7 

 641.8 



734.9 

 53.3 



2753.4 

 1297.3 



1456.1 



52.8 



1154.3 



445.5 



708.8 

 61.4 

 54.0 



Grams, 



172.4 

 113.3 



59.1 

 34.3 



Grams. 



303.0 

 126.7 



176.3 



58.2 



Grams, 



878.6 

 493.2 



385.4 

 43.9 



91.5 

 52.7 



155.4 

 62.3 



463.0 

 235.3 



38.8 



93.1 



227.7 



42.4 



59.9 



49.2 



183.0 

 134.1 



310.7 



128.8 



926.0 

 500.0 



48.9 



181.9 



426.0 



26.7 



58.5 



46.0 



71.9 



48.3 



141.2 

 59.8 



375.6 

 143.0 



23.6 



81.4 



232.6 



32.9 



57.7 



61.9 



34.1 



.58.6 



50.3 



Grams. 



1359.0 

 689.2 



669.8 



49.3 



710.6 

 327.7 



382.9 



53.9 



1421.2 

 637.1 



784.1 



55.1 



595.9 



228.0 



367.9 

 61.7 

 55.0 



Grams. 



92.2 

 44.2 



48.0 



52.1 



47.7 

 16.5 



31.2 



65.4 



95.5 

 31.4 



64.1 



67.1 



41.6 

 14.7 



26.9 



64.7 



62.3 



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



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Calories. 



Calories. 



Calories. 



Calories. 



Calories. 



% 



Sheep I 



12795 



6937 



5808 



153.4 



5961.4 



46.6 



Sheep II 



6696 



3360 



3336 



81.0 



3417.0 



51.0 



Sheep III 



13333 



6625 



6768 



158.3 



6926.3 



51.7 



Sheep IV 



5593 



2353 



3240 



70.8 



3310.8 



59.2 







