194 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I904. 



DATA RELATIVE TO DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH STEERS. 



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 100 



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 101 



107 

 107 



108 

 108 



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 109 



110 

 110 



111 

 111 



112 



113 



114 

 114 



115 

 115 



116 

 116 



117 

 117 



125 



126 



127 



128 

 129 



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Timothy hay, 40 pounds 



Timothy hay, 40 pounds 



Hay, 35 pounds, coarse spring wheat hran, 15 pounds. 

 Ha3', 35 pounds, coarse spring wheat bran, 15 pounds. 



Hay, 35 pounds, winter wheat bran, 15 pounds 



Hay, 35 pounds, winter wheat bran, 15 pounds 



Hay, 40 pounds, cottonseed meal, 5 pounds 



Hay, 40 pounds, cottonseed meal, 5 pounds , 



Hay, 40 pounds, cottonseed meal, 10 pounds 



Hay, 40 pounds, cottonseed meal, 10 pounds 



Hay, 50 pounds, coarse corn meal, 10 pounds 



Hay, 40 pounds, coarse corn meal, 10 pounds 



Hay, 50 pounds, fine corn meal, 10 pounds 



Hay, 40 pounds, fine corn meal, 10 pounds 



Corn fodder, 70 pounds 



Corn fodder, 70 pounds 



Sanford corn silage, 200 pounds 



Sanford corn silage, 200 pounds 



Learning corn silage, 150 pounds 



Learning corn silage, 150 pounds 



Learning corn silage, 150 pounds, feed flour, 20 lbs... 

 Learning corn silage, 150 pounds, feed flour, 20 lbs. . . 



Hay, 50 pounds 



Hay, 50 pounds 



Hay, 50 pounds, linseed meal, 10 pounds , 



Hay, 50 lbs., linseed meal, 10 lbs., corn meal, 10 lbs — 



Hay, 80 pounds 



Hay, SO pounds 



Hay, 50 pounds, 30 pounds corn meal . . 

 Hay. 50 pounds, 30 pounds corn meal . . 



Hay, 50 pounds, 30 pounds gluten feed. 

 Hay, 50 pounds, 30 pounds gluten feed. 



Hay, 50 pounds, 15 pounds gluten feed. 

 Hay, 50 pounds, 15 pounds gluten feed. 



Soy bean— corn silage, 325 pounds 



Hay, 30 pounds, soy bean— corn silage, 240 pounds . . . 

 Hay, 60 pounds, soy bean— corn silage, 240 pounds . . . 



Hay, 108 pounds 



Hay, 108 pounds 



Hay, 72 lbs., corn meal, 18 lbs., linseed meal, 18 lbs. . . 

 Hay, 72 lbs., corn meal, 18 lbs., linseed meal, 18 lbs. . . 



Hay, 72 pounds, middlings, 36 pounds 



15.8 

 15.7 



19.4 

 18.7 



18.2 



18.2 



18.5 



18.7 



18.7 

 18.8 



23.0 

 21.7 



22.1 

 18.0 



10.8 

 11.1 



11.7 

 11.1 



13.0 

 11.7 



14.8 

 14.2 



19.6 



19.8 



21.3 

 21.7 



148.0 

 135.3 



115.8 

 116.0 



116.5 



108.0 



113.5 



100.5 



127.0 



144.0 

 237.0 



180 5 

 190.3 



155.5 

 160.5 



157.5 



