Hl. P. Armsby—Digestion Experiments. 
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Digestibitity. 
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heep 1. Grms Grms| Grms| Grms| Grms) Grms|Grms 
Bee ee Ge bby nas 588°6| 559 8, 79°2) 63-0] 191-9 277°6| 11-1 
, 175 grms. cotton-seed meal __.| 161-7 1504) 77-0} 69°5 49) 0} 23°5 
: Si sg 750°3| 710°2| 156-2) 132-5 1968 322°6 34°6 
xereted, 814-6 grms. dung .._.... 316-6| 296-2! 48°5|) 48°5 109-4) 132°6 5° 
pigested, total _._. 433°7| 414-0] 107°7| 84-0} 87-4| 190-0! 28-9 
gested from hay ....__........ _{ 301-4] 291-7| 39-0} 22-7] 90-2/158°8) 4:5 
Digested from cotten-seed meal _...| 132°3| 122°3| 68°7| 61-3) ? | 32:2) 24-4 
T cent digested _ 81-8) 81-3] 892) 882) ? | 69.3,103°9 
Sheep 2. | 
=~ BRR i nicl 5 | 750-3] 710-2] 156-2| 132-5] 196-8] 322°6| 34- 
xereted, 788°8 grms. dung ..__-_. | 3119 292-1} 49-0} 49-0] 10670) 131°5| 5: 
. ; 
Digested, total _. 438-4] 418-1] 1072) 83-5) 90:8} 191-1! 29°0 
gested from hay | 308-4 297°8| 39:4) 22°9| 92-7/161°3| 4:9 
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Pigested from cotton-seed meal 7 120°3} 67°8) 60°6) ? 29°8| 24°1 
er cent. digested | 80-4] 800} 88:1] 87-2; 2? | 66:2|102°5 
It is of som 
e interest to compare these results with those ob- 
tained by Wolff in some recent experiments,* also on sheep: 
Digestibility of Cotton Seed Meal. 
Average of these 
Wolff's experiment. experiments. 
matter 74:0 811 
Organic matter ......-. 80°4 , 80°F 
ROOD ccd. eels 84°7 88-7 
Crude fiber gis Ske 
Nitrogen-free extract... 83-7 678 
Fat 87°6 
In the following table the 
present j 
amounts of digestible matters 
n the three fodders have been calculated in per cen 
of the whule fodder : 
PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION. I} Drie@EsTIBLE. 
> 
BE 
2} g] §| 8 ag] 4| ge 
3 pled £3 3 ge 3 Be £3 =2 3 
& 3 E 45 E zo] es ae aa a& fe 
Clover hay, ay- 
erage of four | 
M ounlte 4°10/11°30| 8°99 27°37 39°58 1°58|| 5°68) 3°27/35°80) 0°67 
Malt Sprouts __/11°97) 3°75/21°00/14°44/11°99/50°00) 1°29)|16°86)10°27,38°35| 1°29 
Cotton-seed | | 
meal ...._. 7°59| 6°48/44-00/39°59| 2°77 25°72/18°44||39-07/34-72 17-67 13-44 
* Landwi ersuchs-Stationen, xxvii, 215, 
wirthschaftliche 
+ Digestible crude fiber 
Vv vii, 
and nitrogen-free extract. 
