MANUAL OF CATTLE-FEEDIXG. 



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Ixaye sliown that the visible excrements of tlie^e ani- 

 mals also contain all the nitrogen ^\hieh lea\es the 

 body. 



The following table gives a resume of aU the results, 

 expressed in grammes per day and head: 





Length of 

 feeding. 



l^ITROGEN IN 



DiFFEBJENCE 



Place. 



Food. 

 Gnus. 



Excre- 



nitnt-. * 



Grms. 



Gims. 



Per cent. 



Munich. . . . 



6 days. 



241.5 



2^8.53 



-2.97 



1.2 



Mockem... 



20 to 25 days. 



120.5 



122.0 



+1.5 



1.2 







121.0 



117.5 



-as 



2.9 







117.4 



llS.l 



-4.3 



as 







114 5 



120.0 



-h5.5 



4.8 







114.8 



108 4 



-6 4 



50 







121.4 



113.2 



-8.2 



6.7 



Ilolaenlieim 



Nearly 6 weeks. 



105 2 



164.5 



-0.7 



04 



i£ 



(4 



169.1 



109. 8 



+0 7 



0.4 



Sheep, — ^In case of sheep, we have to take into aceonnt, 

 besides the excrements, the growth of the wool. The fol- 

 lowing resnlts, selected from those obtained by Marcker 

 and E. Schiike f in a large number of experiments at 

 the "Weende Experiment Station, show that when this is 

 done the same law holds with sheep as with other 

 animals. 



* Including tbe milk, 



f Jour, f Landw , 1870, p. 301. 



