DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP AND STEERS. 



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COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED IN DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 



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Clover silage. 



86 

 86 

 86 



I 



II 

 III 



% 



43.3 

 36.8 

 31.7 



% 



44.2 

 37.7 

 36.4 



% 

 34.5 



28.5 

 26.3 



% 



38.3 

 22.4 

 32.3 



% 



46.3 

 41.3 

 42.1 



% 



44.1 

 38.5 

 31.2 



% 

 40.6 

 35.5 

 40.4 



% 

 47.7 

 40.8 

 39.7 



Clover hay. 



87 

 87 

 87 



I 



II 

 III 



52.1 

 48.8 

 50.2 



53.1 

 52.6 

 51.0 



39.2 

 32.6 

 39.3 



53.8 

 53.1 

 51.0 



42.4 

 45.2 

 44.4 



59.1 

 58.6 

 56.3 



43.4 

 40.7 

 41.0 



51.0 



49.3 

 48.1 



Timothy hay. 



88 

 88 



I 

 II 



49.1 

 47.1 



50.1 

 48.0 



31.0 

 30.3 



31.5 

 35.0 



45.7 

 43.9 



58.0 

 53.5 



23.3 

 31.3 



47.2 

 44.2 



Coarse spring wheat bran.. 



89 

 89 

 89 



I 



II 

 III 



69.6 

 70.1 

 69.5 



66.6 

 73.7 



72.8 



30.4 

 24.2 

 31.5 



76.4 

 74.1 

 76.3 



63.1 

 75.6 

 66.7 



74.2 

 73.2 

 73.0 



37.7 

 47.6 

 40.5 



64.0 



Winter wheat bran (mixed 

 feed) . 



Hay and cottonseed meal 

 8tol. 



90 

 9(1 



II 

 III 



78.4 

 71.9 



80.9 

 74.6 



43.4 

 35.5 



77.4 

 78.6 



78.5 

 66.0 







71.8 



91 

 91 



II 

 III 



54.8 

 53.8 



56.4 

 55.0 



26.5 

 32.0 



59.4 

 59.6 



49.6 

 49.7 



59.4 

 56.8 



56.2 

 55.9 



52.3 

 50.6 



Hay and cottonseed meal 

 8 to 2. 



92 

 92 



II 

 III 



57.7 

 58.2 



59.2 

 59.9 



28.3 



29.8 



68.7 

 68.2 



48.5 

 50.7 



61.4 

 61.2 



69.2 

 69.2 



55.4 

 50.9 



Coarse corn meal. 



93 

 93 



I 

 III 



93.2 



73.7 



94.0 

 74.9 





46.5 

 45.4 





79.1 

 81.5 





78.3 



Fine corn meal. 



94 



II 



89.2 



90.2 



31.3 



63.2 



56.4 



88.6 





88.0 



Cut corn fodder. 



102 

 102 



I 

 II 



65.5 

 62.5 



68.7 

 65.3 



14.2 

 23.0 



47.2 

 46.2 



72.6 

 67.2 



69.4 

 67.0 



52.6 

 66.0 





Learning corn silage. 



103 

 103 



I 

 II 



61.2 



58.8 



63.5 

 60.3 



34.7 

 31.8 



51.2 

 50.5 



61.6 

 54.0 



65.8 

 64.2 



77.0 

 73.9 



46.4 

 42.7 



Timothy hay, some clover. 



104 

 104 



I 

 II 



59.1 

 59.7 



60.0 

 65.7 



43.0 

 38.5 



43.9 



45.2 



56.2 



58.8 



64.3 

 63.6 



. 57.9 

 55.0 



56.2 

 56.5 



Linseed meal. 



105 



ri 



95.5 



88.6 



69.6 



90.1 







81.4 



88.1 



Linseed meal and corn meal 

 (mixed equal parts). 



Soy bean— corn silage. 



106 



106 



1 



IT 



89.2 



82.4 



91.2 

 93.9 



42.6 



87.5 



78.3 



SO. 4 



95.1 



85.9 

 89.0 





118 

 lib 



I 

 II 



70.1 

 72.6 



71.8 

 74.6 



45.6 

 39.1 



67.0 

 68.2 



61.8 

 68.4 



74.1 

 79.4 



89.4 

 91.2 



67.2 

 71.2 



Hay, largely timothy. 



119 

 119 



I 

 II 



49.4 

 49.3 



51.1 

 51.2 



19.7 

 16.2 



42.1 

 36.5 



47.2 

 45.9 



55.9 

 57.7 



57.0 

 57.1 



48.1 



48.5 



Linseed and corn meal 

 (equal parts). 



120 

 120 



I 



II 



83.3 

 84.1 



86.4 

 86.7 





85.4 

 85.9 



71.2 



88.4 



90.5 

 89.4 



80.5 

 76.8 



81.0 

 81.7 



Spring wheat middlings. 



121 



121 



I 

 II 



81.5 

 78.1 



83.8 

 81.1 





91.0 

 90.6 





87.8 

 87.5 



87.0 

 84.5 



82.3 

 76.8 



Low grade cottonseed meal 



122 

 122 



I 

 II 



60.1 

 62.8 



61.5 

 66.6 





71.9 

 73.3 



30.3 

 45.2 



65.7 

 69.5 



87.3 

 92.8 



58.7 



Medium grade cottonseed 

 meal. 



123 

 123 



I 



II 



66.8 

 79.2 



73.3 



82.7 





SO. 9 

 86.2 



39.8 

 47.2 



72.8 

 91.3 



94.6 



61.6 

 71.8 



Dark cottonseed meal. 



124 

 124 



I 

 11 



80.6 

 91.0 



84.5 

 95.2 





81.8 

 82.5 





89.7 

 99.6 



94.7 

 99.7 



72.1 



83.4 



