DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS. 



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FUEL VALUE OF FOOD FOR FIVE DAYS AS DETERMINED BY THE BOMB 



CALORIMETER. 



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Calories. 

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Calories. 

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Calories. 

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Calories. 

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 7331 



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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 59 (HAY.) 



Material used : Hay, mostly timothy. 



The object of this experiment was to determine the digesti- 

 bility of hay which was to be fed with corn meal and skimmed 

 milk in the next three experiments. 



The results are presented below: 



RATIONS. 



Fed daily, Sheep I, 600 grams. 

 Fed daily, Sheep II, 400 grams. 

 Fed daily, Sheep III, 600 grams. 



COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. 



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