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to indicate tliat the effect on the herbivora may be differ- 

 ent 



He observed that in full-grown oxen the protein con- 

 sumption was decidedly less on a ration of rye-straw than 

 during hunger, and that the addition of pure non-nitroge- 

 nous nutrients to the straw decreased it still more. 



Ox Ko. L 



Fodder per day. 



Live 



weight. 

 Lbs. 



Nitrogen 



digcfated. 



Glrins. 



Gonsiimp- 



tiou of flesh. 



Grmfa. 



Loss 



of flesh. 



GriUb. 



, 



1,019 



• • • • 



950 



625 



8.7 lbs. straw 



959 



5.2 



475 



326 



6.6 " -1-2. 2 lbs. sugar. 



990 



aB 



250 



1T6 



6.5 ** +3.S *-' 



ms 



4.6 



^0 



110 



Ox No. II. 







6.6 lbs. sfcraw 



5.8 ** +2.2 lbs. sugar. 

 5.3 " +B,B 



li 



791 



• . « . 



1,109 



777 



5.5 



360 



799 



2.7 



250 



781 



3.0 



395 



640 

 218 

 191 

 320 



Ox. No. III. 







9.2 lbs. straw,. 



1,525 



757 



The accuracy of these results is impaired by the facts 

 that between the experimental periods the animals re- 

 ceived an abundant but not uniform fodder, and that the 

 preliminary feeding was in each case so short (3 to 6 days) 



