144 



MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN THE FODDER EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN 



FIVE DAYS. 































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Sheep I: 



Grams. 



Grams. 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams. 



Grams 





3022.5 



980.2 



2042.3 



2767.3 

 830.1 

 1937.2 



255.1 



150.1 

 105.0 



408.1 

 143.1 

 265.0 



749. C 

 271.8 



477.8 



1499.2 

 390.5 

 1108.7 



110.4 





24.7 





85.7 





67.6 



70.0 



41.2 



64.9 



63.7 



74.0 



77.6 



Sheep II: 



















2518.8 



2306.2 



212.6 



340.0 



624.7 



1249.4 



92.1 





920.5 

 1598.3 



794.8 

 1511.4 



125.7 



86.9 



134:6 

 205.4 



271.5 

 353.2 



365.4 

 884.0 



23.3 





68.8 





63.5 



65.6 



40.9 



60.4 



56.5 



70. S 



74.7 



Average per cent 



















65.6 



67.8 



41.1 



62.7 



60.1 



72.4 



76.7 







DIGESTION EXPERIMENT ^7 (MIXED SILAGE.) 



Material used: Silage made of mature flint corn, horse beans 

 and sunflowers (whole plant), cut and put in the silo in the pro- 

 portion of one acre of corn, one-fourth acre sunflowers and one- 

 half acre horse beans. This mixture was well preserved and 

 notwithstanding - the coarse nature of the sunflower stalks was 

 readily eaten by the sheep, not enough being left to affect the 

 results. 



RATIONS. 



Fed daily, Sheep I, 3,000 grams; Sheep II, 2,500 grams. 



COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. 













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Fodders. 





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% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 





Silage (corn, sunflow- 

 ers, horse beans) — 



4046 



19.10 



91.27 



8.73 



12.09 



25.27 



5.04 



3.51 



4334 



Feces. 























4051 

 4052 





80.91 

 81.46 



19.09 

 18.54 



14.44 

 15.03 



25.82 

 24.90 



38.33 

 38.55 



2.32 



2.98 



4215 



Sheep II 



4205 







