24 
Bulletin 93. 
If we do not include the coefficient 22.85 found for the fat in 
the experiment with sheep No. 6, we would still have only 33.34 
as the average for sheep Nos. 4 and 5, which is still very much 
lower than has been found by any other experimenter for any 
cutting of alfalfa hay. A very little of the hay used in these ex¬ 
periments was slightly mouldy, the rest of the hay was in prime 
condition and the sample was fair. The highest average coeffi¬ 
cient which we find for the fat or ether extract is 33.34, and that 
actually found for the three sheep is 29.86, while the highest in¬ 
dividual coefficient is 34.11. All that has been said concerning 
the care taken to eliminate analytical errors in the first series of 
experiments with alfalfa, applies to this, and we believe that we 
have succeeded in eliminating them. 
CORN FODDER. 
Fodder Fed.—Sheep No. 1 . 
Weight of fodder received in five days, 3896.2 grams. 
Analysis of Fodder. 
Moisture. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract 
8.21 
9-53 
i -55 
4.62 
29.85 
46.24 
Fodder Constituents 
Fed, in 
Grams. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
3576.37 
371.22 
60.36 
179.91 
1162.12 
1802.14 
Orts, 
air dried, weighed 818.6 grams. 
Analysis of 
Orts. 
Moisture. 
Asn. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6.79 
8.49 
1.28 
2.49 
35-02 
45-93 
Fodder Constituents 
Contained in the 
Orts, in 
Grams. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
763.02 
69.49 
10.47 
20.38 
286.61 
375-91 
Fodder Constituents Consumed, 
in Grams 
■ 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Fed . 
. 3576.37 
371.22 
60.36 
179.91 
1162.12 
1802.14 
Less orts 
69.49 
10.47 
20.38 
286.61 
375-91 
Consumed 
.2813.35 
301.73 
49.89 
159-53 
875 - 5 I 
1426.23 
Feces. 
Air dried feces weighed 1400.3 grams. 
Analysis of Feces. 
Moisture. 
Ash. 
hat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6-73 
12.63 
1.12 
7.16 
30.16 
42.20 
Fodder 
Constituents 
Voided. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
1306.06 
176.82 
19.74 
100.22 
422.33 
590-94 
Fodder Constituents 
Digested. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Consumed 
.. • .2813.35 
301.73 
49.89 
159-53 
875 - 5 I 
1426.23 
Voided . 
176.82 
19.74 
100.22 
422.33 
590.94 
Digested . 
.1507-29 
124.91 
30.15 
59-31 
453 -i 8 
835-29 
Co-efficients or 
percentages 
digested .. 
. 53.58 
41.30 60.43 
37.18 
51.76 
57.16 
Weight of sheep at beginning of experiment 47.0 pounds. 
Weight of sheep at end of experiment 49.0 pounds. 
