I92 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I904. 



DATA RELATIVE TO DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 







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The food consumed by each animal during the 

 experiment. 



86 

 86 

 86 



I.. 



II.. 



III.. 



87 



87 

 87 



I.. 



II.. 



III.. 



88 



8s 



I.. 

 III.. 



89 

 89 



I... 



II.. 



III.. 



90 

 90 



II.. 

 III... 



91 

 91 



II.. 

 III.. 



92 



9-2 



II.. 

 III.. 



93 

 93 



I.. 

 III.. 



94 



II.. 



10-2 

 102 



I.. 

 II.. 



103 

 103 



I.. 

 II.. 



104 

 104 



1.. 

 II.. 



105 



If I.. 



106 



I.. 



118 

 118 



I.. 

 II.. 



119 

 119 



I.. 

 II.. 



120 



1-20 



I.. 



II.. 



121 

 121 



I.. 

 11.. 



122 



122 



I.. 

 II.. 



123 

 123 



I.. 

 II.. 



124 

 124 



I.. 



Glover silage, 15,000 grams 

 Clover silage, 10,000 grams . 

 Clover silage, 12,500 grams 



Clover hay, 5,000 grams 

 Clover bay, 4,000 grams 

 Clover hay, 4,000 grams 



Timothy hay, 4,859 grams 



Timotby bay, 3,936 grams 



Hay, 3,000 grams, coarse spring bran, 1,500 grams 



Hay, 3,000 grams, coarse spring bran, 1,500 grams 



Hay, 3,000 grams, coarse spring bran, 1,500 grams 



Hay, 3,000 grams, winter wheat mixed feed, 1,500 gr. . 

 Hay, 3,000 grams, winter wheat mixed feed, 1,500 gr. . 



Hay, 4,000 grams, cottonseed meal, 500 grams 



Hay, 4,000 grams, cottonseed meal, 500 grams 



Hay, 4,000 grams, cottonseed meal, 1,000 grams 



Hay, 4,000 grams, cottonsesd meal, 1,000 grams 



Hay, 3,000 grams, coarse corn meal, 1,000 grams 



Hay, 3,000 grams, coarse corn meal, 1,000 grains 



Hay, 3,000 grams, fine corn meal, 1,000 grams 



Corn fodder, 4,200 grams, 483 grams waste , 



Corn fodder, 4,200 grams, 313 grams waste , 



Learning corn silage, 15,000 grams 



Learning corn silage, 15,000 grama , 



Timothy hay, 3,500 grams 

 Timothy hay, 3,500 grams , 



Hay, 3,500 grams, linseed meal, 1,500 grams 



Hay, 2,500 grams, linseed meal, 1,000 grams, corn meal 



1,000 grams 



Soy bean — corn silage, 18,000 grams 



Soy bean— corn silage, 12,000 grams , 



Hay, 6,000 grams 



Hay, 4,800 grams 



Hay, 3,600 gr., linseed meal, 900 gr., corn meal, 900 gr.., 

 Hay, 3,600 gr., linseed meal, 900 gr., corn meal, 900 gr... 



Hay, 4,800 grams, middling. 1 ;, 2,400 grams 



Hay, 2,400 grams, middlings, 1,200 grams 



Hay, 6,000 grams, low grade cottonseed meal, 3,000 gms 

 Hay, 3,600 grams, low grade cottonseed meal, 1,800 gms 



Hay, 6,000 gr.. medium grade cottonseed meal, 3,000 gr 

 Hay, 4,800 gr., medium grade cottonseed meal, 2,400 gr 



Hay, 6,000 grams, cottonseed meal (off color) 3,000 gms 

 Hay, 6,000 grams, cottonseed meal (off color) 2,400 gms 



1,970 

 1,463 



1,875 



2,133 

 1,731 

 1,775 



2,165 



1,825 



1,813 



1,828 

 1,833 



1,678 

 1,768 



1,866 

 1,909 



1,971 

 1,946 



1,522 



1,697 



1,547 



754 

 843 



1,243 

 1,354 



1,346 

 1,345 



1,137 



1,182 



727 



2,717 

 2,191 



1,905 

 1,881 



2,726 

 1,392 



4,075 

 2,311 



3,833 

 2,843 



3,471 

 2,545 



