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various combinations were P2 05 alone, P2 05 and K2 0, and P2 

 05, K2 O and N. 



Time: Spring, 1886. 



Results published: First year. Report M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 49- 

 64 ; second 3'ear, this report. 

 {10) Digestion Experiment. 



Object : Digestibilit}' of Timothy hay. 



Plan : Seven hundred grams hay fed to a sheep for twelve days, 

 faeces collected for last five days. Faeces and food analyzed. 



Time: Fall, 1886. 



Results published: Report M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 72-73. 

 {11) Digestion Experiment. 



Object : Digestibility of clover hay. 



Plan : Same as experiment 10, onl^' 700 grams clover hay fed. 



Time: Fall of 1886-7. 



Results published: Report M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 74-75. 

 {12) Digestion Experiment. 



Object : Digestibility of oat straw. 



Plan, same as experiment 10 and 11, only 350 grams oat straw 

 fed daily. 



Time: Fall of 1886-7. 



Results published: Report M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 75-76. 

 {13) Digestion Experiment. 



Object : Digestibility of potatoes, both raw and boiled. 



Plan : Three hundred and fifty grams oat straw used in experiment 

 12 and 1000 grams raw potatoes fed to two sheep for twelve days, 

 faeces collected last five days. Digestibility of straw assumed to be as 

 found in experiment 12 ; 300 grams Timothy used in experiment 10, 

 and 1000 grams boiled potatoes fed to one sheep for twelve days. 



Time : Winter, 1887. 



Results published: Report M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 47-79. 

 {14) Feeding Experiment. 



Object: Same as experiment No. 5. 



Plan : Four cows used in experiment and in each period two 

 C3W3 received Timothy and two clov^r hay, otherwise plan sama as 

 experiment No. 5. 



Time: Winter 1886-7. 



Results published: Report M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 84-89. 

 {15) Feeding Experiment. 



Object: The profitable quantity of food and the profitable com- 

 bination of foods, in feeding steers for growth. 



