536 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL NUTRITION. 
The results of the series made in 1885-86 on Horse No. III 
(p. 5382), computed in the same way, give the following as the 
amounts of fiber-free nutrients required for maintenance: 
Per 500 Kgs. 
Per Head, : . 
anne. , Live aoe ts 
Period L...........005 3270 )* 3442 
OO LL etcstodaahn Seen 3186 3353 
“Tid and V...... 3242 3413 
ieee A 8 rerwerete een 3342 3549 
OVAL: seie ca see 3316 3490 
en ©. rere errr 3170 3335 
Average...........5 3254 3430 
From Grandeau’s experiments (p. 533), by the same method, we 
have for the lighter ration the following: 
Per 500 Kgs. 
Horse IT ............. 2732 3324 
OA AT ce xe eas saes%s 2935 3328 
Average Aisi sasdw sll Mae encee Leees 3326 
Finally, for the series of experiments by Wolff, just discussed, 
upon the relative value of the digested matter of oats and of hay, 
and from which the conclusion as to the lack of value of the crude 
fiber was drawn, by computing backwards, we get figures for the 
fiber-free nutrients required for maintenance which not only agree 
with each other, as they necessarily must, but also with those of 
the earlier experiments. The results are: 
Per Head, Grms. Per on a lave 
Period I-III .......... 3175 3342 
ef Lh eee eee 3275 3429 
ee Viseede's asia ss 3180 3329 
ae Wiles stews 3196 3364 
Average siansadiapcctospcis, cud Siu fa cweete eaeaeuhaed 3366 
