gestible a substance as was at one time supposed, but that on the com 
trary it is digested in considerable quantities, by the ruminants at leas, 
especially when a portion of the food of the animal consists of some — 
snbstance rich in oil. 
depend upon its state of aggregation, Sussporr and A; SraecKHARDr 
undertaken a series of experiments, of which only a very brief abstract 
ean be here given. From their results it is evident that even the most — 
compact kinds of cellulose can be in great measure digested by sheep: ; 
pasture in order that they might recover from the injurious — : 
probably due to the resinous matters of the spruce wood,—of the i 
series of experiments. a 
: g 
gained 24 Ibs. in 13 days. (4.) With hay 10} bs, yias wood saw-dust 
Ibs., bran 104 Ibs. (per week), 30 to 40 per cent 0 
* For a portion of these interesting results, see: _A griculturchemische Ui 
gen und rgebnisse angestellt u. gesammelt bei der lan 4 
Versuchstation in Mackern, Leipzig, Wieanp, 1852-57; also Die la 
lichen Versuchs-Stationen, Dresden, Wernzr, 1858-59,—F. H. 8 
