DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP AND STEERS. 



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COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED IN DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH STEERS 



Material Fed. 



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Hay, largely Timothy. 



95 

 95 



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% 

 55.1 



54.78 



% 

 55.9 

 55.5 



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41.5 

 41.5 



% 



33.0 

 37.6 



% 

 54.3 

 55.3 



% 



60.2 

 58.6 



% 



36.3 

 35.2 



% 



51.6 

 51.7 



Spring wheat bran (coarse) 



96 

 96 



1 

 11 



64.2 

 68.67 



68.9 

 72.4 



20.4 

 20.4 



73.5 



73.9 



21.8 

 29.9 



73.5 

 80.1 



82.7 

 73.4 



63.6 



Winter wheat bran ( mixed 

 feed). 



97 

 97 



I 

 II 



70.4 

 71.1 



73.0 

 73.0 



33.7 



34.8 



76.5 

 76.9 



53.5 

 47.0 



74.4 

 78.5 



92.3 



80.8 



70.0 



Hay and cottonseed meal 

 8tol. 



98 



98 



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57.5 

 57.5 



59.1 



59.2 



69.9 

 72.3 



56.1 

 56.9 



54.9 

 55.2 



61.1 

 61.3 



70.1 



68.5 



54.9 

 54.4 



Hay and cottonseed meal 

 8 to 2. 



99 

 99 



I 

 II 



59.5 

 59.6 



61.0 

 61.0 



35.3 

 35.7 



68.1 

 67.8 



52.8 

 53.4 



62.0 

 62.2 



69.7 

 67.1 



56.6 

 56.6 



Coarse corn meal. 



100 

 100 



i 

 II 



78.4 

 88.7 



81.2 

 91.9 





46.2 

 53.9 





90.1 

 90.5 





80.0 



Fine corn meal. 



101 

 101 



1 

 II 



88.4 

 86.7 



90.3 



88.5 





47.7 

 50.6 





94.8 

 91.3 





90.0 



Cut corn fodder. 



107 

 107 



1 

 II 



73.2 

 72.6 



75.0 

 74.1 



47.0 

 50.4 



57.2 

 56.6 



80.2 

 79.3 



74.9 

 73.9 



73.8 

 70.8 



71.2 

 70.4 



Sanford corn silage. 



108 

 108 



1 

 II 



74.0 

 75.7 



75.5 

 77.3 



47.7 

 47.1 



53.9 

 53.5 



76.6 



77.9 



77.8 

 79.7 



76.3 



77.7 



73.2 

 74.7 



Learning corn silage. 



109 

 109 



1 



11 



60.4 

 65.8 



61.9 

 67.7 



32.7 

 30.7 



47.5 

 45.9 



63.3 

 71.1 



62.2 

 65.9 



60.8 

 75.7 



60.2 

 64.5 



Feed flour. 



110 

 110 



I 

 11 



66.8 

 67.1 



70.1 

 70.3 





78.2 

 80.0 





77.7 

 73.3 





73.9 



Hay, Timothy with some 

 clover. 



111 

 111 



1 

 11 



58.4 

 58.2 



59.6 



59. S 



37.9 

 37.9 



34.2 

 36.4 



59.8 

 59.4 



63.2 

 62.7 



46.3 

 47.2 



55.1 

 54.9 



Linseed meal. 



112 



1 



84.1 



87.2 



36.8 



85.7 



69.6 



91.4 





81.3 



Linseed meal and corn 

 meal. 



113 



11 



91.5 



92.5 



52.8 



86.2 



93.0 



96.8 



81.3 





Hay, largely Timothy. 



114 

 114 



1 

 11 



58.3 

 59.2 



59.7 

 60.7 



35.8 

 35.0 



48.2 

 47.4 



53.4 

 55.9 



65.9 

 66.3 



45.2 

 45.7 



57.5 

 56.9 



Mixture— Hay 10 lbs. and 

 corn meal 6 lbs. 



115 

 115 



1 

 11 



69.0 

 68.7 



70.4 

 70.4 



39.5 

 33.4 



51.9 

 51.9 



66.2 

 65.3 



78.3 

 78.6 



60.8 

 61.2 



66.1 

 64.0 



Mixture— Hay 10 lbs. and 

 gluten feed 6 lbs. 



116 

 116 



1 

 11 



70.3 

 71.5 



71.8 

 73.1 



38.3 

 38.9 



74.1 



74.8 



67.5 

 69.4 



73.6 

 .74.9 



63.7 

 63.9 



66.5 

 6S.5 



Gluten feed— Hay 10 lbs., 

 gluten feed 3 lbs. 



117 

 117 



1 

 11 



91.3 

 90.4 



92.3 

 93.4 





S5.4 

 86.0 





89.1 

 90.0 





86.3 



Soy bean— corn silage. 



125 



11 



70.5 



72.2 



31.3 



56.4 



61.7 



80.5 



66.7 



67.7 



Soy bean— corn silage, fed 

 with hay. 



126 

 126 



1 

 II 



69.0 

 61.7 



70.5 

 71.6 



43.6 



48.0 



53.5 

 61.9 



50.8 

 59.6 



79.7 



80.4 



88.3 



71.7 

 68.5 



Hay, largely Timothy. 



127 

 127 



1 

 11 



58.9 

 52.5 



60.4 

 54.3 



31.6 

 19.5 



39.6 

 41.7 



59.9 

 54.0 



63.4 



58.2 



42.3 

 34.2 



55.3 



4S.6 



Corn and linseed meal. 

 (Equal parts.) 



128 

 128 



1 

 11 



93.43 

 84.44 



94.5 



85.6 



54.7 

 43.4 



84.8 

 85.7 



67.5 



87.4 



95.8 



88.2 





81.2 

 76.2 



Middlings. 



129 



11 



83.4 



88.3 





72.7 





98.6 





82.9 



