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clays, the other two together lost one and a half pounds, leaving a 
net loss of one pound for the three sheep in five days. This is in 
strong contrast with the results obtained with the alfalfa and corn 
fodder. The sheep fed alfalfa all gained. The total gain for the 
three sheep was nine pounds in five days; those fed on corn fodder 
also all gained, the total gain in five days being three and one-half 
pounds, so we have 9 and 3 ^ pounds gain respectively for the alfal¬ 
fa and corn fodder, against a net loss of one pound for the timothy 
hay. The coefficient of digestion for the dry matter in the alfalfa 
hay found by the ordinary method of determining it was 62.05, and 
by considering the extracts individually it was 62.55. In the case 
of the timothy hay, we obtained in the ordinary manner 51.03, in 
the manner here pursued 51.10, an excellent agreement in both cases 
with a difference of ii per cent.in these coefficients, that of the al¬ 
falfa being the higer. The sheep consumed, however, 11,265 g'r3.ms 
of dry matter, as alfalfa hay, leaving almost no orts and only 8,223 
grams of dry matter as timothy hay, leaving 4,233 grams of orts. 
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table XXI. 
ANALYTICAL DATA. TIMOTHY HAY. 
Proximate Analysis. 
TIMOTHY HAY 
CORRESPONDING 
FECES 
Sheep No. 1 
Moisture . 
. 6.49 
Mo i slurp . 
6 79 
Ash . 
A«h . 
. . . 7 84 
• Ether extract . 
. 2.99 
Ether extract . 
. . . . 2.28 
Proiteids . 
. 5.62 
Proteids . 
5.92 
Crude fibre . .. 
. 31.54 
Crude fibre . 
3 7.26 
Nitrogen-free extract 
. 43.99 
Nitrogen-free extract . 
. 39.91 
100.00 
100.00 
table XXII. 
ANALYSIS OE THE ASH. 
TIMOTHY 
HAY 
CORRESPONDING 
FECES 
Sand . 
Sa.n d . . 
4 8 9 4.8 
Silicic acid . 
. 11.506 
Silicic acid . 
_ 9.126 
Sulfuric acid . 
Sulfuric acid . 
1515 
Phosphoric acid . . . . 
. 4.239 
Phosphoric acid . 
_ 11.428 
Carbonic acid . 
. 5.390 
Carbonic acid . 
1 259 
Clhorin . 
. 7.177 
Chlorin ... 
0 798 
Potassic oxid . 
. 30.118 
Potassic oxid . 
_ 10.721 
Sodic oxid . 
. 0.146 
Sodic oxid . . . 
1122 
Calcic oxid . 
. 5.586 
Cadcic oxid 
11 981 
Magnesic oxid . 
. 2.685 
Magnesic oxid .. 
_ 3.868 
Ferric oxid . 
- 0.540 
Ferric oxid and Aluminic 
Alumnic oxid . 
oxid . 
1171 
Manganic oxid. 
. 0.370 
Manganic oxid 
0 189 
Ignition . 
Ignition . 
3.000 
Oxygen equivalent to Chlorin 
101.617 
1.617 
100.000 
Oxygen equivalent to chlorin 
100.121 
.180 
99.941 
