DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 



157 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE 

 DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. 



DO 



'3 

 



Grams 



Grams 



146.9 



256.2 



63.7 



57.2 



83.2 



199.0 



56.6 



77.7 



145.9 



255.0 



64.1 



75.6 



81.8 



179.4 



56.1 



70.3 



144.7 



253.4 



51.1 



60.7 



93.6 



192.7 



64.7 



76.0 



59.1 



74.7 



Sheep I. 

 Oat and pea hay.., 

 Feces 



Amount digested. . 

 Per cent digested. . 



Sheep II. 

 •Oat and pea hay ... 

 Feces 



Amount digested. . 

 Percent digested.. 



Sheep III 

 Oat and pea hay .. . 



Feces 



Amount digested. . 



Per cent digested.. 



Average 



Grams 



1856.4 



785. S 



31070.6 



57.6 



1843.3 



812. 



1031.3 



55.9 



1826.4 

 694.1 



1132.3 

 62.0 

 58.5 



Grams 

 1709.5 

 722.1 



987.4 

 57.8 



1697.3 

 747.9 

 949.4 

 55.9 



16S1.7 

 643.0 



1038.7 

 61.8 

 58.5 



Grams 



Grams 



618.7 



779.5 



311.3 



335.5 



307.4 



444.0 



49.7 



57.0 



613.6 



774.0 



293.1 



356.4 



320.5 



417.6 



52.2 



54. 



607.0 



766.9 



271.9 



293.6 



325.1 



473.3 



53.6 



61.7 



51.8 



57.6 



Grams 

 55.0 

 18.1 

 36.9 

 67.1 



54.8 

 22.9 

 31.9 

 58.2 



54.4 

 16.8 

 37.6 

 69.1 

 64.8 



FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. 



6* o 



5* O 



a o3 



Fodder: Oat and Pea 



HAT. 



Sheep I 



Sheep II 



Sheep III 



8252 

 8194 

 8118 



3595 

 3729 

 3228 



4657 

 4465 



4890 



173 

 156 



168 



44S4 

 4309 

 4722 



54.3 

 52.6 

 58.2 



