536 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL NUTRITION. 
The results of the series made in 1885-86 on Horse No. IIL 
(p. 532), computed in the same way, give the following as the 
amounts of fiber-free nutrients required for maintenance: 
oe Head. Eero Wweiske, 
rms. Grms. 
Period L.........-.-+- 3270 3442 
A BD sets oi acne 3186 3353 
“«  Tll and V...... coord eae 
FOND oes ccsie eases 334 
tO OMA ED os x3 aia 3316 3490 
Or ER Asean oars 3170 3335 
Average............ 8254 3430 
From Grandeau’s experiments (p. 533), by the same method, we 
have for the lighter ration the following: 
Per 500 Kgs. 
Per Head, : ; 
ie Live Weight 
Horse IT ............. 2732 3324 
O03 BUD ig Sree ccccucien 2935 3328 
AV GPER 6.5. cinco oun «| sate aye ene as 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. Perens = Live 
Period I-III .......... 3175 3342 
a TV. debiace Subelane a 3275 3429 
BED OWE a slateats weteabn sis 3180 3329 
a Mia sarees 3196 3364 
AVERALE visa cr sce ets (sage Ree ae SS 3366 
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