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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



In connection with these digestion experiments the heats of 

 combustion of the feeding stuffs and the feces were determined 

 by the use of the bomb calorimeter. The method followed in 

 the calculations is that of Atwater and Woods given on pages 

 123 and following in the report of the Storrs (Conn.) Experi- 

 ment Station, for 1894. 



The composition of the feeding stuffs used in these experi- 

 ments is given in the table which follows : 



COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FEEDING STUFFS USED IN DIGESTION 

 EXPERIMENTS IN 1896-7. 

















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& 











<n 



OJ 





» 



<B 



a 



73 



O 



3 



& 







<i 



h 



o 



Silage (mature corn, sunflower 

 heads, and horse beans) 



Silage (mature corn, sunflower, 

 whole plant,and horse beans) 



Silage (Sanford corn, partially 

 mature 



Hay, mostly timothy 



Corn meal 



Skimmed milk 



4046 



4048 

 4061 

 4062 

 4075 



% 



% 



% 



% 



79.85 



1.70 



2.72 



5.00 



80.90 



1.67 



2.31 



4.83 



81.50 



1.27 



1.80 



4.90 



16.50 



4.92 



7.91 



26.57 



14.84 



1.71 



10.31 



1.67 



90.50 



0.75 



3.56 





% 



9.99 



9.62 



9.97 

 42.33 

 68.43 



5.07 



% 

 0.74 



0.67 



0.56 

 1.77 

 3.04 

 0.12 



COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FEEDING STUFFS USED IN DIGESTION 

 EXPERIMENTS IN 1896-7 CALCULATED TO WATER-FREE SUBSTANCE. 





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CO fi 



en 



< 



'3 



O 





43 



o 





Silage (mature corn, sunflower heads, 



4045 



4046 



4048 

 4061 

 4062 

 4075 



% 

 8.44 



8.73 



6.90 

 5.89 

 2.00 



7.85 



% 



13.50 



12.09 



9.72 



9.47 



12.10 



37.50 



% 



24.81 



25.27 



26.45 



31.82 



1.96 



49.60 



50.40 



53.90 

 50.70 

 80.37 

 53.37 



% 



3.65 



Silage (mature corn, sunflowers, whole 



3.51 



Silage (Sanford corn, partially 



3.03 





<> 12 





3.57 





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