AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Digestibility 



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CXIX, Timotht Hay, early cut, 

 Sheep I. 



3136 

 1391.6 



2965. 

 1293.9 



170.1 

 97.6 



247.1 



118.7 



1137.8 

 503.8 



1458.4 

 622.1 



122.5 





49.2 









1744.4 

 - 55.6 



3136 

 1369.5 



1671.1 

 56.4 



2965. 

 1272.1 



72.5 

 42.6 



170.1 

 97.3 



12*. 4 

 51.9 



247.1 

 122.8 



634.0 

 55.8 



1137.8 



484.6 



836.3 

 57:3 



1458.4 

 617.8 



73.8 



Per cent, digested 



Sheep 3. 



59.8 

 122.5 





46.8 









1766.5 

 56.3 

 5.59 



3160.5 



1692.9 

 57.1 

 56.7 



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72.8 

 42.8 

 42.7 



153.3 

 104.7 



124.3 

 50.3 

 51.1 



214.2 

 122.1 



653.2 

 57.4 

 56.6 



1061.2 

 594.8 



840.6 

 57.6 

 57.4 



1615.9 

 643.7 



75.7 



■ At. per cent, digested by 2 animals . . . 



61.8 

 60.8 



Sheep 2. 



115.8 





1512.2 1407.5 



46.8 









1648.31599.7 

 52.1 53.1 



3160.5'30Q7.2 

 1673.5 1562.4 



48.6 

 31.7 



153.3 

 111.1 



92.1 

 42.9 



214.2 

 131.0 



466.4 

 43.9 



1061.2 

 668.3 



972.2 

 60.1 



1615.9 

 716.6 



69.0 





59.6 



Sheep 4. 



115 8 





46.5 









1487.0 I44i.fi 



42.2 

 27.5 

 35.1 



83.2 

 38.8 

 40.8 



392.9 

 37.2 

 40.5 



899.3 

 55.6 

 57.8 



69.3 



Av. per cent, digested by 2 animals. . . 



47.0 

 49.5 



48.4 

 1 50.7 



59.8 

 59.7 



It seems that the yield per acre of the grass cut on July 1st, 

 was 4,225 pounds of dry hay, and of that cut July 18th, 5,086 

 pounds. As would be expected from all previous analyses, the 

 early-cut hay proved to be the more nitrogenous and also the more 

 digestible. From the early-cut hay 56.07, per cent, of the organic 

 matter was digested and from the late-cut hay only 50.70 per cent. 

 Of total digestible material the late-cut hay proved to con- 

 tain the more, the amounts per acre being, Early cut 2,028 

 and Late-cut 2,212 pounds. These figures stand somewhat in 

 opposition to those obtained from the crop of 1888, where the 

 larger amount cf digestible material was obtained from early-cut 

 hay. It is only by repeating these tests and takiug an average of 

 a series of years that we shall obtain results that will apply to 

 practice. 



