136 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 70— CLOVER HAY CUT IN EARLY 



BLOOM. 



RATIONS. 



Fed Sheep I 600 grams per day. 

 Fed Sheep II 600 grams per day. 

 Fed Sheep III 600 grams per day. 



COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. 





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Fodder. 

 Early cut clover. 



Feces. 

 Sheep I 



1152 



4153 

 4154 

 4155 



% 

 80. S 



% 



90.34 



86.27 

 88.91 

 S6.80 



% 

 9.66 



13.73 

 11.09 

 13.20 



% 



15.59 



12.94 

 12.80 

 11.91 



% 



28.91 



32.94 

 32.05 

 33.56 



% 

 43.62 



36.69 

 40.10 

 37.67 



% 

 2.22 



3.70 

 3.96 

 3.66 



4367 

 4552 



Sheep II 



4719 





4560 







