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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



A SUMMARY OF ALL DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED WITH SHEEP 

 AT THE MAISE EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Blue joint (cut late in July) 



Buttercup (in full bloom) 



Barley bay 



Clover bay (alsike mixed with a little 

 timothy) 



Clover, alsike 



Clover, alsike in full bloom 



Average 2 experiments, 4 animals . 



Clover, white in late bloom 



Corn fodder, southern (immature, no 

 ears) 



Corn fodder, southern (immature.no 

 ears) 



Corn fodder, southern (immature, no 

 ears) 



Average 3 experiments, 6 animals ... 



Corn, sweet, partially matured, 

 slightly frosted 



Corn, sweet, whole plant mature. .. 



Corn, sweet, whole plant, ears mature 



Average 3 experiments, 6 animals ... 



Corn, flint, partially mature, slightly 

 frosted 



Corn, flint, whole plant, ears glazed, 



Corn, flint, whole plant, ears glazed, 



Corn, flint, whole plant, ears just 

 forming 



Corn, flint, whole plant, ears par- 

 tially glazed 



Average 5 experiments, 12 animals .. 



Hungarian grass, green 



Hungarian hay, (grass dried) 



Hay (mixed, timothy mostly) 



Orchard grass past bloom 



Oat straw 



% 



% 



39.9 



41.8 



56.1 



56.6 



59.1 



62.3 



54.9 



56.2 



62.7 



63.6 



61.9 



62.7 



62.3 



63.2 



66.0 



66.6 



64.8 



67.2 



69.4 



70.6 



63.3 



62.8 



65.8 



66.9 



60.9 



63.1 



69.7 



73.5 



70.9 



72.7 



67.2 



69.8 



70.2 



72.4 



70.6 



72.4 



72.7 



74.2 



69.8 



71.4 



69.7. 



73.6 



70.6 



72.8 



63.4 



65.6 



65.0 



66.3 



55.0 



57.0 



54.4 



55.8 



50.3 



52.0 



% 



10. 



48.1 



44.8 



51.4 

 53.0 

 52.2 

 58.5 



34.9 



43.1 



.45.1 



23.4 

 39.4 

 44.0 

 35.6 



44.2 

 52.9 



50.7 



54.7 



20.0 

 44.5 

 35.5 



47.4 

 27. S 

 35.0 



% 

 56.5 

 56.3 

 65.2 



55.5 

 68.2 

 64.0 

 66.1 



63.4 

 62.3 



59.0 

 61.8 

 71.5 

 64.1 



63.6 

 61.8 

 67.6 



70.4 



68.6 

 66.4 

 62.4 

 69.0 

 44.4 



36.5 

 41.1 

 61.7 



46.2 

 55.9 



51.0 

 53.5 



60.6 



74.6 



65.7 

 71.5 



70.2 

 76.7 

 74.6 

 73.8 



79.8 

 75.6 

 78.6 



72.3 



70.7 

 75.4 

 67.8 

 67.6 

 52.5 

 57.5 



% 

 43.2 

 66.9 

 63.3 



64.1 

 67.3 

 74.1 

 70.7 

 99.5 



64.5 



61.0 

 65.0 



59.4 

 72.1 

 73.1 

 68.2 



70.3 

 72.6 



73.8 



71.3 



72.9 

 65.8 

 67.1 

 62.3 

 54.4 



