100 



MANtTAl OF OATTLE-FEEDING. 





Live 



weight 



Lbs. 



Nitrogen of 



fodder 



per day. 



Grins. 



Nitrogen ex- 



cretcd 



pel day. 



Grms. 



DiFFERBNCE. 



No of 

 Annual. 



Grms. 



Per cent. 



Ill 



94.7 

 104 

 100.4 

 122.1 

 103 6 

 135.5 

 109.5 



17.81 

 17.26 

 14.40 

 16.34 

 14.76 

 25 37 

 19.52 



16.93 

 16.12 

 14.16 

 17.46 

 15 15 

 25 20 

 19 85 



-0.88 

 -114 

 -0.24 

 +1.12 

 +0.39 

 -0.17 

 +0.33 



49 



I 



6.6 



III.&IV.(av) 

 I. &II. *' 



in. &IV,'' 

 II 



1.6 

 6.8 

 2.6 

 0.7 



Ill 



1.7 



Goats. — The following experiments, made by Stoli- 

 mann^ at the Ilalle Experiment Station, show that in 

 the goat also the excretion of nitrogen takes place in the 

 visible excreta, and that no considerable excretion of gase- 

 ous nitrogen can occur ; 





Live 



weight. 



Lba. 



Nitrogen per dax. 



DrrrERENOs. 



No. of the 

 Animal. 



In fodder. 

 Grms, 



In excrements 



and milk, 



Grms. 



Grms, 



Per cent. 



I 



IT 



I. 



TT........ 



I. 



11 



I 



81.1 

 63.5 

 81.4 

 62.3 

 853 

 66.0 

 83.4 



. 23.3, 

 23.0 

 21.1 

 21.1 

 23 9 

 23.7 

 24.6 



23.0 

 22.2 

 21.5 

 21.4 

 23.5 

 23.6 

 24.3 



-0.3 

 -0.8 

 +0.4 

 +0.3 

 -0.4 

 -0.1 

 -0.3 



1.3 

 3.5 

 1.9 

 1.4 

 1.9 

 0.5 

 1.4 



Zeitschrift fur Biologie, 1870, p. 204. 



