DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS. 



145 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN THE FODDER EATEN* AND FECES EXCRETED 

 EN FIVE DAYS. 



Materials. 



c = 



- 

 p 



Z 



£ 



*3 



- 



~ O 

 g - 



Grams 



Grams 



Grams 



346.3 



723.7 



1443.5 



150.4 



26S.9 



399.1 



195.9 



454.8 



1044.4 



56.6 



62.8 



72.4 



287.5 



601.1 



1198. S 



116.8 



193.4 



299.5 



170.7 



407.7 



899.3 



59.3 



67. S 



75-0 



5S.0 



65.3 



73.7 



'— 



Sheep I. Grams 



Silage 2S64.0 



Feces 1041.3 



Digested 1822.7 



Per cent digested 63.6 



Sheep II. 



Silage 2378.5 



Feces ' 776.9 



Digested 1601 . 6 



Per cent digested i 67.3 



Average 65.5 



Grams 



2614.0 



S42.5 



1771.5 



67.8 



2170.9 



632.9 



1538.0 



70. S 



69.3 



Grams 



250.0 



198. S 



51.2 



20.5 



207-6 

 144.0 

 63.6 

 30.6 

 25.6 



Grams 

 HO 5 

 24.1 

 76.4 

 76.0 



S3. 5 

 23.2 

 60.3 

 72 . 2 

 74.1 



FUEL VALUE OF FOOD FOR 5 DATS AS DETERMINED P.Y THE BOMB 



CALORIMETER. 



Experiment II. 



~c - 







> 





 — z — 



® 



"5 - 

 fe 



-|> 

 111 



a — =* 



Sheep I 



Calories. 

 12,413 

 10,308 



Calories. 

 4389 



3267 



Calories. 

 8024 

 7041 



Calories. 



170 

 149 



Calories. 

 7854 

 6892 



% 

 63.3 



Sheep II 



66.9 





65.1 















DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 58 (CORN SILAGE.) 



Material used: Silage made from Sanford corn, a large white 

 flint variety but recently grown in this section. An enormous 

 crop was produced in 1896 which was only partially matured, 

 only a part of the ears being glazed. Although this silage was 

 well preserved and in good condition, Sheep Xo. II refused to 

 eat it, consequently two trials were made with Sheep I. 



The results are given in the following tables: 



