MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS IK FOOD EATEK AND FECES EXCRETED JV FIVE 

 DATS AXD PEE CENT DIGESTED. 





5 



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o 







to 



P 

 ai 



s 



o 



c 

 o 



.3 



a 

 "5 



S 



u 



& 



Si 



a . 



too 

 eg 



So 



f 



Sheep I. 



Grams. 



Grams. 



Grams. 



Grains. 



Grams. 



Grains. 



Grains. 



Oat hay (just coming 

 into dongb stage) — 



M01.6 



2414.0 



187.6 



197.7 



8S3.5 



12S.7 



99.1 



Feces •.•..«..... ....... 



U97.2 



1404.4 



1077.. 5 

 1336.5 



119.7 

 67.9 



105.6 

 SS.l 



430.5 

 453.0 



.513.1 

 730.6 



•2s.3 



Digested 



70.8 



Per cent digested 



54.0 



55.4 



36.3 



46.5 



51.3 



58.4 



71.4 



STTETn' TTT. 

















Oat hav (just coming 

 into dough stage) — 



2601.6 



^14.0 



1S7.6 



197.7 



8^.5 



133S.7 



99.1 



Feces. , 



1133.2 

 1468.4 



1020.9 

 139S.1 



113.3 

 75.3 



101.6 

 96.1 



409.9 

 473.6 



4S1.4 

 7^.3 



2» . 



Digested 



71.1 



Per cent digested. . 



36.4 



57.7 



40.1 



4S.6 



^.6 



61.0 



71.7 



Averasre 



M.2 



.56.6 



35.2 



47.6 



.5-2.5 



59.7 



71.6 



FUEL TALUE FOR FIVE DATS AS DETERAIES'ED BT THE BOMB 

 CAL0EI3IETER. 





-- 



^ 



-■6 



-- 









9 i 



3 1 



5 5: 



—. i 



2 



«2§ 



aja-s 





> 



> . 



> ~ 



> " 



- i 



%a> 





- = 



S§ 1' 



- ~ 



~ ~ 



^z. 



T!fo 





-- 



■tp 



~'~ 



^ = 



■r '- 





Sheep I 



12.jSo 



5492 1 



mos 



m.\ 



6SS3.1 



55.25 



Sheep ni 



12'>M 



5227 



esss 



S3.6 



6K1.6 



57.47 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 68 (h-0 HORSE FEED.) 



This feed .vas fed without hay or other coarse fodder, which 

 is a somewhat unusual thing to do with so concentrated a feed. 

 It was not analyzed before the experiment was made as its com- 

 position was supposed to be about the same as that of a sample 

 previously analyzed, but it proved to be considerably richer. 

 The sheep were quite large and strong, however, and stood the 

 ration ver}^ well, only one refusing to eat all that was given him. 



