DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP AND STEERS. 201 



Experiments No. 103-109. — Learning corn silage. The corn 

 from which this silage was made was not as mature as the San- 

 ford corn. This material was in good condition and well rel- 

 ished by both kinds of animals. The results are a little higher 

 for the steers, except on protein. 



Experiment No. no. — Feed flour. In this experiment feed 

 flour was fed with silage to determine the digestibility of the 

 flour. The results with the sheep were unsatisfactory, so only 

 those of steers are given. 



Experiments No. 104-111. — Mixed hay. This hay was a 

 mixture of timothy, red top, and clover. Enough for the pur- 

 pose was chopped and mixed in the usual manner. The 

 coefficients agree very closely, except in protein which is low in 

 case of the steers. 



Experiment No. 112. — Linseed meal. This experiment was 

 made to compare the digestibility of linseed meal. The results 

 obtained for the sheep were unsatisfactory, and those given were 

 taken from Jordan's compilation, Bui. JJ, Office Expt. Stations, 

 U. S. Dept. of Agr., which agree well with those obtained for 

 the steers. 



Experiments No. 106-113. — Linseed meal and corn meal. 

 This experiment was made with linseed and corn meal, equal 

 parts mixed. The coefficients of both steers and sheep are 

 quite high, but agree very closely. The protein of the mixture 

 is as digestible as that of the linseed alone. 



Experiment No. 114. — Hay (mixed). The digestibility of 

 this hay was determined for use in subsequent feeding experi- 

 ments with grain. The sheep secured proved unsatisfactory, as 

 before stated, and only the steers were used. 



Experiment No. 115. — Hay and corn meal. Ten pounds of 

 hay were fed with six pounds of corn meal. 



Experiment No. 116. — Hay and gluten feed. Ten pounds of 

 hay were fed with six pounds of gluten feed. 



Experiment No. 117. — Gluten feed. Ten pounds of hay were 

 fed with three pounds of gluten feed. 



Experiments No. 1 18-125. — Soy bean — corn silage. This 

 material was grown on the farm and was put in the silo in 

 the proportion of nine parts of beans to fourteen of corn. The 

 coefficients for the different kinds of animals agree very closely. 

 The material was well relished. 



