140 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 72— CLOVER SILAGE MADE FROM 

 CLOVER CUT IN LATE BLOOM. 



RATIONS. 



Fed Sheep I 3,000 grams per day. 

 Fed Sheep II 3,000 grams per day. 

 Fed Sheep III 3,000 grams per day. 



COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. 





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Fodder. 



Feces. 

 Sheep III 



4160 



4161 

 4162 



% 

 21.2 



% 



89.61 



89.36 

 86.24 



% 

 10.39 



10.64 

 13.76 



% 

 12.10 



15.21 

 15.41 



% 



37-18 



34.63 

 35.22 



% 



36.45 



35.28 

 32.37 



3.88 



4.24 

 3.24 



4652 



4720 

 4506 



