190 MAINE) AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I904. 



COMPOSITION OF FOODS AND FECES IN DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH 



STEERS. 





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Experiment 95. 



Hay 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 96. 

 Hay, 4,274. 



Spring wheat bran 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 97. 

 Hay, 4,274. 

 Winter wheat mixed feed 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 98. 



Hay 



Cottonseed meal 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 99. 



Hay 



Cottonseed meal 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 100. 



Hay 



Coarse corn meal 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 101. 

 Hay, 4,306. 



Fine corn meal 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 107. 



Corn fodder 



Feces, Steer 1 



Feces, Steer 11 



Experiment 108. 



Sanford corn silage 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 109. 



Learning corn silage 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 110. 



Feed flour 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer II 



Experiment 111. 



Hay, mostly timothy 



Feces, Steer I 



Feces, Steer 11 



4274 

 4279 

 4280 



80.06 

 91.11 

 92.14 



4309 92.57 



4283 90.94 



4284 90.72 



4310 

 4281 



4282 



4304 

 4311 



4285 

 4286 



4278 

 4311 

 4298 

 4299 



4306 

 430' 

 4300 

 4301 



4308 

 4302 

 4303 



4313 

 4341 

 4342 



4314 

 4343 

 4344 



4315 



4345 

 4346 



4358 

 4347 



4348 



4319 

 4351 

 4352 



90.70 

 91.61 

 91.06 



88.26 

 91.99 

 91.43 

 90.49 



82.58 

 91.99 

 91.28 

 90.53 



83.90 

 87.54 

 90.24 

 91.54 



87.53 

 89.71 

 91.50 



51.38 

 89.23 

 89.29 



20.19 



89.27 

 89.20 



19.60 



89.96 

 89.33 



82.14 

 89.94 

 89.54 



84.65 



89.95 

 89.08 



75.67 

 84.60 

 85.56 



86.01 

 81.25 

 81.76 



84.60 

 83.34 



82.72 



84.01 

 84.40 

 83.66 

 82.39 



78.60 

 84.40 

 83.11 

 82.51 



79.66 

 86.52 



83.82 

 84.66 



86.51 

 83.48 

 85.02 



% 



4.39 



6.51 



6.58 



6.56 

 8.69 

 8.96 



6.10 



8.27 

 8.24 



4.25 

 7.59 



7.77 

 8.10 



3.98 

 7.59 



8.17 

 8.02 



4.24 

 1.02 

 6.42 

 6.88 



1.02 

 6.23 

 6.48 



48.06 3.32 

 77.80 11.43 

 78.92 10.37 



19.14 

 79.60 

 79.11 



18.60 



82.18 

 79.89 



79.18 

 79.59 

 79.10 



80.08 

 82.71 



81.89 



1.05 

 9.67 

 10.09 



1.00 



7.78 

 9.44 



2.96 

 10.35 

 10.44 



4.57 

 7.24 

 7.19 



% 



4.93 



8.38 



7.81 



16.63 

 9.19 

 9.44 



16.13 

 9.06 

 9.25 



5.42 

 46.75 

 10.69 

 10.38 



4.87 

 46.75 

 11.25 

 11.31 



5.00 

 9.06 

 9.19 

 9.44 



8.81 

 9.38 

 9.44 



4.24 

 11.75 

 11.63 



1.41 

 11.13 



11.88 



1.60 

 9.69 

 11.13 



21.38 

 12.81 

 12.38 



5.32 

 9.06 

 8.56 



% 

 24.57 

 28.54 

 28.04 



11.17 



26.78 

 27.06 



13.33 

 26.45 

 27.22 



28.45 

 6.23 



28.47 

 27.98 



25.78 



6.23 



27.49 



27.05 



26.08 



2.25 



29.23 



27.17 



2. 

 28.85 

 28.03 



15.61 



20.01 

 20.41 



5.27 

 20.99 

 21.06 



5.42 

 23.10 

 20.07 



2.25 

 21.49 

 22.26 



27.62 

 28.37 

 28.24 



44.02 

 44.35 

 46.25 



53.21 

 43.13 

 41.63 



49.94 

 44 



42.89 



46.83 

 21.64 

 41.57 

 40.95 



45.59 

 21.64 

 41.29 

 40.87 



44.26 

 72.25 

 42.16 

 44.57 



72.28 

 42.05 

 44.62 



27.28 

 44.44 

 45.15 



12.01 



45.58 

 44.25 



11.09 

 47.91 

 47.11 



54.83 

 43.12 

 42.56 



44.99 

 42.30 

 42.23 



2.15 

 3.33 

 3.46 



5.00 

 3.15 

 3.63 



5.20 

 2.97 

 3.46 



3.31 



9.78 

 2.93 

 3.08 



2.36 



9.78 



3. 



3.28 



3.42 

 2.96 

 3.24 

 3.48 



3.33 

 3.20 

 2.93 



1.60 

 1.73 



0.45 

 1.90 

 1.92 



0.49 

 1.48 

 1.58 



0.72 

 2.17 

 1.90 



2.15 



2.98 

 2.86 



1,641 

 1,993 

 1,993 



1,868 

 1,930 

 1,934 



1,834 

 1,913 

 1,923 



1,788 

 2,115 

 1,947 

 1,947 



1,674 

 2,116 



1,942 

 1,934 



1,728 

 1,760 

 1,952 

 1,970 



1,770 

 1,940 

 1,977 



1,025 

 1,847 

 1,859 



415 



1,863 

 1,851 



415 



1,877 

 1,850 



1,702 

 1,873 

 1,845 



1,719 



1,956 

 1,944 



