362 H. P. Armsby—Digestion Experiments. 
Digestibility. 
‘ eo. a a os 
3 gs = se eu ee } 
be 4 = o ee] _ 
BS 8a B: Se bE Re ae 
Grms. Grms. Grms. Grms. Grms. Grms, Grms, 
Fed, 600 grms. hay .....--.- 500°9 4764 67:4 53°6 163°3 2363 94 
Fed, 175 grms. malt sprouts. 1541 1475 36°8 25°3 21:0 87° 22 
Potehoccs ol ore 655-0 623°9 104:°2 78:9 1843 3238 116 
Excreted, 681°1 grms. dung . 295°2 2766 41:5 41°55 1006 1290 5% 
aiented. total 22 el 359°8 3473 62:7 374 83-7 1948 61 
Digested from hay .....___- 2564 248°2 33:2 19°4 6-8 135°2 3°8 
Digested from malt sprouts . 103-4 99°71 29°5 180 59°6 23 
Per cent digested ...-...... 67°1 67:2 80°2 71°2 32°9 681 104°6 
Periop IV. 
The preliminary feeding continued six days. Each animal 
received 700 grams of hay and 175 grams of cotton-seed meal, 
The meal was given dry, sprinkled over the night feed of hay, 
and the fodder was always eaten clean. For sixteen days pre 
vious to the preliminary feeding the sheep had been fed the - 
same fodders, and in approximately the same amounts, as 10 
the experiment. The analysis samples of the fodders represent, 
as in Period III, the last four days of the preliminary feeding 
and the six days of the actual experiment. 
Dry matter of fodders. 
Hay (No. 9), 84°09 per cent. 
Cotton-seed meal (No. 10.), 92-41 “ 
Composition of Dung.— Water free. 
Crude Nitrogen- Fat. 
Ash, Protein. fiber. free extract. ‘ 
Per cent. Per cent Per cent. Percent. Per aL " 
Sheep 1 ......-... 6-44 15°31 34°57 1°87 1 ~ 
Sheap $ ...<pieaces ee | 15°72 33°98 42°15 1 
Daily Excretion. 
Sheep 1, Sheep 2. 
3 Water 
dose: "Stog"* Gah i ae 
rms.  Grms, Grms. Grms. Grms . 
January 8.. (740°7 2970 1417 8941  369°7 65 
% 95. OIOL.. 392-9 751 15056 3070 118 
* 10.. 8052 2980 1176 759°7  -295°6 588 
“ Vi, 1924 3996 119 7071 ©2835 = s«1875 
eer 921°5 411 
“« 13 686-8 2739 1106 6996 =. 2641 978 
— 
Average .-- 3161 994 gii-4 «872 
