DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 



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TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FIXES EXCRETED IN FIVE 

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Sheep I. 

 Oat and vetch hay. 

 Feces 



Amount digested . . 

 Per cent digested. . 



Sheep II. 

 Oat and vetch bay. 

 Feces 



Amount digested . . 

 Per cent digested. . 



Sheep III 

 Oat and vetch hay . 

 Feces 



Amount digested ... 



Per cent digested ... 



Average 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams 



1967.6 



1818.0 



149.6 



210.5 



610.2 



927.6 



851.7 



791.7 



60.0 



69.2 



323.4 



378.7 



1115.9 



1026.3 



89.6 



141.3 



286.8 



548.9 



56.7 



56.5 



59.9 



67.1 



47.0 



59.1 



1981.5 



1830.9 



150.6 



211.5 



615.8 



933.7 



784.5 



721.7 



62.8 



62.1 



309.0 



332.9 



1197.0 



1109.2 



87.8 



149.4 



306.8 



600.8 



60.4 



60.6- 



58.3 



70.6 



49.8 



64.4 



2000.0 



1848.2 



151. S 



212.8 



623.2 



942.0 



734.7 



676.6 



58.1 



62.4 



264.4 



333.0 



1265.3 



1171.6 



93.7 



150.4 



358.8 



609.0 



63.3 



63.4 



62.4 



70.7 



57.6 



64.6 



60.1 



60.2 



60.2 



69.5 



51.5 



62.7 



Grams 



69.7 

 20.4 

 49.3 



70.7 



69.9 

 17.7 

 52.2 



74.7 



70.2 

 16.8 

 53.4 

 76.1 

 73.8 



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Fodder: Oat and Vetch 















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Sheep I 



8543 

 8604 

 8684 



3927 

 3649 

 335S 



4616 

 4955 

 5326 



123 

 130 

 131 



4493 

 4825 

 5195 



52.6 



Sheep II 



56.1 



Sheep III 



59.8 







