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TABLE LXXXIV. 
FECES OF SHEEP FED ON SALTBUSH. 
PROXIMATE ANALYSIS. 
I 
II 
Av. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Eighty per cent, alcohol extracted. 
12.802 
11.295 
12.05 
Cold water in 24 hrs. extracted... 
3.248 
3.719 
3.48 
Hot water extracted . 
3.050 
3.023 
3.04 
Hydric chlorid 1% sol. extracted. . 
21.700 
22.315 
22.00 
Sodic hydrate 1% sol. extracted. . 
16.902 
20.464 
18.68 
Chlorin, etc., extracted . 
18.932 
15.319 
17.13 
Cellulose . 
23.366 
23.865 
23.62 
100.00 
SUGARS IN 
THE EXTRACTS. 
Glucose in alcoholic extract. 
None 
None 
Sucrose in alcoholic extract...... 
0.21 
0.21 
0.21 
Gums in cold water extract. 
0.38 
0.38 
0.38 
Starch in hot water extract. 
None 
None 
None 
Xylan in hydric chlorid extract. . 
5.03 
6.55 
5.79 
Xylan in sodic hydrate extract. . . 
4.15 
3.47 
3.81 
table lxXXV. 
COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTION FOR THE VARIOUS 
EXTRACTS 
OF salt- 
BUSH, A triplex Argcntea. 
Oon- 
Di- 
Fed. 
Orts. 
sumed. 
Voided. 
gested. 
Coef. 
Total 
alco'holic extract. . . 
4250.1 
682.6 
3567.5 
1052.8 
2514.7 
70.49 
Total 
cold water extract. . 
1337.1 
204.4 
1132.7 
304.1 
828.6 
73.15 
Total 
hot water and malt 
extract . 
1119.4 
109.0' 
1010.4 
265.6 
744.8 
73.54 
Total 
hydric chlorid ext.. 
3749.2 
552.7 
3196.5 
1922.1 
1274.4 
39.87 
Total 
sodic hydrate extract 
3219.3 
547.3 
2672.0 
1632.0 
1040.0 
49.00 
Toital 
chlorin, etc,, extract 
1980.6 
376.9 
1603.7 
1496.6 
107.1 
6.28 
Total 
residue, cellulose . . . 
3610.5 
705.2 
2905.3 
2063.6 
841.7 
28.97 
19266.2 
3178.1 
16088.1 
8736.8 
7351.3 
45.70 
The general coefficients obtained for the digestibility of the dry 
matter were 46.40, 45.84 and 46.50, with the individual sheep; aver¬ 
age, 46.25 per cent. 
TABLE LXXXVI. 
COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTION FOR THE CARBOHYDRATES IN THE SALT¬ 
BUSH, Atriplex Argentea. 
(As indicated by the sugars obtained from the various extracts.) 
Con- Di- 
Fed. 
Orts. 
sumed. 
Voided. 
gested. 
Coef. 
Glucose in alcohol extract 
146.4 
17.8 
128.6 
0.0 
128.6 
100.00 
Sucrose in alcoihol extract 
240.3 
35.6 
204.7 
14.6 
190.1 
92,87 
Gums in cold water ext. . . 
Starch in hot water and 
109.8 
25.7 
84.1 
32.2 
51.9 
61.71 
malt extract . 
279.4 
38.8 
240.6 
0.0 
240.6 
100.00 
Xylan in hydric chlorid ext 
Xylan(?) in sodic hydrate 
1454.6 
233.6 
1221.0 
505.9 
715.1 
58.57 
extract . 
364.1 
76.9 
287.2 
332.9 (• 
—45.7) 
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